emetic

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐμετικός
2. French · borrowed fromémétique
3. English todayemetic

From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.