Where does “nausea” come from?

nausea (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek ναυσία, from Ancient Greek ναῦς, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

nausea (Latin): nausea; seasickness; second-person singular...

Definitions

  1. nausea; seasickness; second-person singular...

Ancestry of “nausea”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekναυσίαnausea, seasickness
2Ancient Greekναῦςa ship
3Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂usboat
4Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float

Words derived from “nausea

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂-