Etymology

tussis

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Today it means: A cough. Full definition →

Latin tussis
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The story

  1. Latin · borrowed fromtussis“cough”
  2. English todaytussis

From Latin tussis (“cough”).

Words from the same roots

Latintussis all →

tussaltussive

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