Where does “solmarasin” come from?

solmarasin (Tok Pisin) comes from Tok Pisin marasin, from English medicine, from Middle English medicin, from Middle French medicine, from Old French medecine, from Latin medicīna, from Latin medicus, from Latin medeor — to measure; to give advice; healing.

solmarasin (Tok Pisin): Epsom salts

Definitions

  1. Epsom salts

Ancestry of “solmarasin”, step by step

solmarasin traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Tok Pisin marasin

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinmarasinmedicine
2EnglishmedicineA substance which specifically promotes healing...
3Middle Englishmedicin
4Middle Frenchmedicinemedicine (act of practising medical treatment)
5Old Frenchmedecinemedicine; remedy; medical treatment of some form
6Latinmedicīnamedicine, remedy, cure
7Latinmedicushealing, curative, medical; magic; a doctor,...
8LatinmedeorI heal, cure, remedy, am good for or against a...
9Proto-Italicmedēōrheal
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmed-to measure; to give advice; healing

via Tok Pisin sol

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Tok Pisinsolshoulder; salt
2EnglishshoulderThe part of an animal's body between the base of...
3Middle EnglishschuldreThe shoulder; One's strength or carrying...
4Old Englishsċuldrashoulder
5Proto-West Germanicskuldrushoulder
Every word from Proto-Indo-European med-