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Word Origins Dictionary
- emetic[emetic 词源字典]
- emetic: see vomit
[emetic etymology, emetic origin, 英语词源] - emetic
- 1650s (n.), 1660s (adj.), from French émétique (16c.), from Latin emeticus, from Greek emetikos "causing vomiting," from emesis "vomiting," from emein "to vomit," from PIE *weme- "to spit, vomit" (see vomit (v.)).