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anetic
Anetic comes from Ancient Greek ἀνετικός ‘relaxing, remitting’, from ἀνίημι ‘let go, loose’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*yīyēmireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵημι‘to release, let go’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνίημι‘let go, loose’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄνεσιςánesis‘relaxation, abatement’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνετικόςanetikós‘relaxing, remitting’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaneticus
- Englishearliest quotation 1899anetic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yeh₁-‘to throw’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*yīyēmireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἵημι‘to release, let go’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνίημι‘let go, loose’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἄνεσιςánesis‘relaxation, abatement’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀνετικόςanetikós‘relaxing, remitting’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEaneticus
- Englishearliest quotation 1899anetic
Earliest quotation: 1899, Samuel C. James, Therapeutics in Continued Fevers: “The anetic property is also an important factor in…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- ‘to throw’
year, project, hour, disease, object, ease, adjacent, jet, injection, jess, trajectory, inject, conjecture, gist, abject, eject, jetty, ejaculation, ejaculate, jut, interject, subjection, joist, jettison, jetsam, 43 more
through Ancient Greek ἵημι ‘to release, let go’
Today it means
adj Soothing; helping to relieve a malady.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yeh₁- / anetic