English

Holocough

Blend of Holocaust + cough.

Proto-Indo-European *solh₂- ‘whole’

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Ancient Greek ὁλόκαυστον

Late Latin holocaustum

Anglo-Norman holocauste

Middle English holocaust ‘burnt offering’

Proto-West Germanic *kuhhōn ‘to cough’

Old English *cohhian ‘to cough’

Middle English coughen ‘to cough’

English cough

Today it means

name A rallying cry of extremist groups to disseminate the coronavirus or other communicable diseases to Jews in order to eliminate them.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Holocough