Where does “toux” come from?

toux (Norman) comes from Old French tous, from Latin tussis, from Proto-Italic tussis, from Proto-Indo-European tud-ti-s, from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewd-, from Proto-Indo-European stew- — to praise, laud.

toux (Norman): cough

Definitions

  1. cough

Ancestry of “toux”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchtous—
2Latintussiscough
3Proto-Italictussis—
4Proto-Indo-Europeantud-ti-scough
5Proto-Indo-European(s)tewd-to push, to hit
6Proto-Indo-Europeanstew-to praise, laud
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tud-ti-s →