Etymology

antidotal

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Today it means: Relating to or being an antidote. Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English antidote ← Latin antidotum
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ- (ăntĭ-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*deh₃-redup.
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dédeh₃ti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*dídōmi
  9. Ancient Greekδῐ́δωμῐ (dĭ́dōmĭ)
  10. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐδῐ́δωμῐ (ăntĭdĭ́dōmĭ)
  11. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́δοτος (ăntĭ́dotos)
  12. Latinantidotum
  13. Englishantidote
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. English todayantidotal

From antidote + -al.

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