Where does “bromsmedicin” come from?
bromsmedicin (Swedish) comes from Swedish bromsa, from Swedish a, from Swedish avlopp, from Swedish lopp, from Swedish löpa, from Old Swedish løpa, from Old Norse hlaupa, from Proto-Germanic hlaupaną.
bromsmedicin (Swedish): a drug that slows or halts the progression of an (incurable) disease
Definitions
- a drug that slows or halts the progression of an (incurable) disease
Ancestry of “bromsmedicin”, step by step
bromsmedicin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish bromsa
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bromsa | to brake |
| 2 | Swedish | a | from |
| 3 | Swedish | avlopp | a drain; sewage |
| 4 | Swedish | lopp | a race (running competition or (in an extended sense) other speed competition, like in English) |
| 5 | Swedish | löpa | to run along, stretch; to run, to move quickly... |
| 6 | Old Swedish | løpa | to run |
| 7 | Old Norse | hlaupa | to leap, jump, spring |
| 8 | Proto-Germanic | hlaupaną | to jump forward, to leap |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | klaup- | — |
via Swedish medicin
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | medicin | medicine; a medicine, a drug |
| 2 | Latin | medicīna | medicine, remedy, cure |
| 3 | Latin | medicus | healing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,... |
| 4 | Latin | medeor | I heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | medēōr | heal |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | med- | to measure; to give advice; healing |