Etymology

peptic

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to, capable of, or aiding digestion. Full definition →

Latin pepticus ← Ancient Greek πέψις
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπέψις“digestion”
  2. Latin · derived frompepticus
  3. English todaypeptic

From Latin pepticus, from Ancient Greek πέψις (pépsis, “digestion”), a form of πέσσω (péssō).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπέψις all →

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