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Where does “antidiarreico” come from?

antidiarreico (Spanish) comes from Spanish diarreico, from Latin diarrhoicus, from Ancient Greek διαρροϊκός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

antidiarreico (Spanish): antidiarrheal

Definitions

  1. antidiarrheal

Ancestry of “antidiarreico”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdiarreicodiarrheic
2Latindiarrhoicuswho has diarrhoea, suffering from diarrhoea
3Ancient Greekδιαρροϊκόςsuffering from diarrhoea
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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