Where does “mefitic” come from?

mefitic (Romanian) comes from Latin mephiticus, from Latin Mephitis — mephitis a poisonous or pestilential gas from the ground, e.g. from swamps or volcanoes.

mefitic (Romanian): mephitic

Definitions

  1. mephitic

Ancestry of “mefitic”, step by step

mefitic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin mephiticus

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmephiticus—
2LatinMephitismephitis a poisonous or pestilential gas from the ground, e.g. from swamps or volcanoes

via French méphitique

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchméphitiquemephitic
Every word from Latin Mephitis →Every word from Latin mephiticus →