Etymology

hydropic

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Today it means: Dropsical; pertaining to or suffering from dropsy (edema). Full definition →

Middle English ydropik ← Old French ydropique ← Latin hydropicus
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὑδρωπικός
  2. Latin · derived fromhydropicus
  3. Old French · derived fromydropique
  4. Middle English · inherited fromydropik
  5. English todayhydropic

From Middle English ydropik, ydropyk, from Old French ydropique, from Latin hydropicus, from Ancient Greek ὑδρωπικός (hudrōpikós), from ὕδρωψ (húdrōps).

Words from the same roots

Latinhydropicus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.