Etymograph

English

pertussis

Pertussis comes from Latin tussis ‘cough’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- ‘to push, to hit’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tewd-‘to push, to hit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tudtísreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tussisreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtussis‘cough’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1976pertussis

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tewd-‘to push, to hit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tudtísreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tussisreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtussis‘cough’
  5. Englishearliest quotation 1976pertussis

Earliest quotation: 1976, Charles R. Manclark, The Current Status of Pertussis Vaccine: An Overview: “With the introduction of an improved and standardized pertussis…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- ‘to push, to hit’

study, student, studio, obtuse, etude, 11 more

Today it means

noun Whooping cough.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- / pertussis

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