Etymology

bechic

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Today it means: Relating to, or relieving, a cough. Full definition →

French béchique ← Latin bēchicus ← Ancient Greek βηχικός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβηχικός“of or for a cough”
  2. Latin · borrowed frombēchicus“of or for a cough”
  3. French · derived frombéchique
  4. English todaybechic

From French béchique or its source Latin bēchicus (“of or for a cough”), from Ancient Greek βηχικός (bēkhikós, “of or for a cough”), from βηχ- (bēkh-), oblique stem of βήξ (bḗx, “cough”).

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