English
bechic
Bechic may come from French béchique ‘cough mixture’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentbéchique‘cough mixture’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1719bechic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentbéchique‘cough mixture’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1719bechic
Earliest quotation: 1719, John Quincy: “Medicines which alleviate cough are called bechics”.
Every English word from French béchique
Today it means
adj Relating to, or relieving, a cough.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French béchique / bechic