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Where does “dissenterie” come from?

dissenterie (Old French) comes from Latin dysenteria — The dysentery.

Ancestry of “dissenterie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatindysenteriaThe dysentery

Words derived from “dissenterie”

  • dysentery
  • dysenteric
  • antidysenteric
  • antidysentery
  • dysenterical
  • dysenterie
  • dysenterie
  • dysenterie
Every word from Latin dysenteria →