Where does “ad nauseam” come from?

ad nauseam (Spanish) comes from Latin ad nauseam, from Latin nauseam, from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία, from Ancient Greek ναῦς, from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us, from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- — to swim; to float.

ad nauseam (Spanish): ad nauseam

Definitions

  1. ad nauseam

Ancestry of “ad nauseam”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinad nauseam—
2Latinnauseamaccusative singular of nausea; sea-sickness,...
3Latinnauseanausea; seasickness; second-person singular...
4Ancient Greekναυσίαnausea, seasickness
5Ancient Greekναῦςa ship
6Proto-Indo-Europeannéh₂usboat
7Proto-Indo-European(s)neh₂-to swim; to float
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)neh₂- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European néh₂us →Every word from Ancient Greek ναῦς →