The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσμηκτικός
- Latin · derived fromsmecticus
- English todaysmectic
From Latin smecticus, from Ancient Greek σμηκτικός (smēktikós), from σμήχειν (smḗkhein, “to wipe, to cleanse”) + -ικός (-ikós, “-ic”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.