Etymology

polypill

P3O1L1Y4P3I1L1L1

Today it means: Medication that is a combination drug of at least four active ingredients; especially, one that is intended to be consumed widely, even by currently healthy individuals, as a means of preventive medicine. Full definition →

English pill ← Middle English pille ← Middle Dutch pille
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*polh₁ús
  3. Ancient Greekπολῠ́ς (polŭ́s)
  4. Englishpoly-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*pil-?
  6. Latinpilus?
  7. Latinpila
  8. Latinpilula, pillula
  9. Middle Low Germanpille
  10. Middle Dutchpille
  11. Middle Englishpille
  12. Englishpill
  13. English todaypolypill

From poly- + pill.

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