Etymology

expectorate

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Today it means: To cough up fluid from the lungs. Full definition →

Latin expectorātus
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  1. Latin · derived fromexpectorātus
  2. English todayexpectorate

From Latin expectorātus, past participle of expectorō (“(only figurative) banish from the mind; (post-classical) expel from the breast)”), from ex (“out of”) + pectus (“the breast”).

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