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Where does “béchique” come from?

béchique (French) comes from Latin bēchĭcus, from Ancient Greek βηχικός, from Ancient Greek βήξ — cough.

béchique (French): antitussive; cough mixture

Definitions

  1. antitussive; cough mixture

Ancestry of “béchique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinbēchĭcus—
2Ancient Greekβηχικόςof or for a cough
3Ancient Greekβήξcough
Every word from Ancient Greek βήξ →