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Where does “mephitis” come from?

mephitis (Latin) comes from English mephitic, from Latin mephiticus, from Latin Mephitis.

mephitis (Latin): mephitis

Definitions

  1. mephitis

Ancestry of “mephitis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmephiticFoul-smelling or noxious, particularly of a gas...
2Latinmephiticus—
3LatinMephitis—

Words derived from “mephitis”

  • mephitic
  • mephitis
  • mephitism
  • antimephitic
  • mephiticus
  • mephitis
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