Etymology

somnos

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Today it means: A hypnotic and sedative drug containing chloral hydrate. Full definition →

Latin somnos
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromsomnos“sleep”
  2. English todaysomnos

From a proprietary name, from Latin somnos (“sleep”).

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