Where does “stymulant” come from?

stymulant (Polish) comes from Latin stimulans, from Latin stimulō, from Latin stimulus, from Proto-Indo-European stey- — to stick; compress; condense.

stymulant (Polish): stimulant

Definitions

  1. stimulant

Ancestry of “stymulant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstimulansstimulating
2Latinstimulōto urge on, goad on, stimulate, rouse up
3Latinstimulusa goad, prick; a sting; stimulus, incentive
4Proto-Indo-Europeanstey-to stick; compress; condense
Every word from Proto-Indo-European stey-Every word from Latin stimulusEvery word from Latin stimulō
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