Where does “Schmerztablette” come from?

Schmerztablette (German) comes from German Tablette, from French tablette, from Old French tablete, from Old French -eté, from Latin -ittus, from Proto-Italic -tos, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Schmerztablette (German): painkiller tablet, pain pill

Definitions

  1. painkiller tablet, pain pill

Ancestry of “Schmerztablette”, step by step

Schmerztablette traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via German Tablette

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanTablettetablet; plural of Tablett
2Frenchtablettetablet; bar
3Old Frenchtabletesmall table; a board to be written on; tablet
4Old French-etévariant of -té
5Latin-ittusdiminutive suffix, used to create nouns
6Proto-Italic-tosCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
7Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems

via German schmerz

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanschmerzphysical pain, ache (practically, as a sensation)
2Middle High Germansmerze
3Old High Germansmerza
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tósEvery word from Old French -etéEvery word from Old French tablete