English
ipecacuanha
Ipecacuanha comes from Brazilian Portuguese ipecacuanha.
- Brazilian Portuguesemodernipecacuanha
- Englishearliest quotation 1748same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Brazilian Portuguesemodernipecacuanha
- Englishearliest quotation 1748same form
Earliest quotation: 1748, Samuel Richardson, Letter CCXI: “This ipecacuanha is a most disagreeable medicine!”
A compound of ypeka ‘duck’ + akûãîa ‘penis’
Every English word from Brazilian Portuguese ipecacuanha
Today it means
noun The root of Carapichea ipecacuanha, used as an emetic or purgative; a preparation of this root used as a drug; ipecac.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Brazilian Portuguese ipecacuanha / ipecacuanha