Where does “tuse” come from?

tuse (Romanian) comes 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.

tuse (Romanian): cough

Definitions

  1. cough

Ancestry of “tuse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintussiscough
2Proto-Italictussis—
3Proto-Indo-Europeantud-ti-scough
4Proto-Indo-European(s)tewd-to push, to hit
5Proto-Indo-Europeanstew-to praise, laud

Words derived from “tuse”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European stew- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)tewd- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European tud-ti-s →
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