Etymology Explorer › Latin

Where does “nausia” come from?

nausia (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.

nausia (Latin): nausea; seasickness

Definitions

  1. nausea; seasickness

Ancestry of “nausia”, 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 “nausia”

  • noise
  • noisy
  • noiselessly
  • noisily
  • noiseless
  • denoising
  • noisiness
  • noiselessness
  • noisemaker
  • denoised
  • noisemaking
  • noiselike
  • antinoise
  • denoise
  • noiseful
  • noisest
  • unnoisy
  • noiseproof
  • outnoise
  • noiseth
  • noisenik
  • noisescape
  • denoiser
  • noisemonger
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- →