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- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔμεσις
- Ancient Greek · derived fromαὐτός
- English todayautemesia
From Ancient Greek Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós) (“self”) + Ancient Greek ἔμεσις (émesis) (“vomiting”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekαὐτός all →
automobileautologicalautomelonautoptic
Ancient Greekἔμεσις all →
emesis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.