English
succussion
Succussion comes from Latin succutiō ‘to shake from below’, and goes back to quatiō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiō‘shake’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuccutiōas succutere‘to shake from below’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuccussio
- Englishtodaysuccussion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEquatiō‘shake’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuccutiōas succutere‘to shake from below’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsuccussio
- Englishtodaysuccussion
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)kuh₁t-yé-ti
pasta, paste, pastiche, patisserie, 28 more
through Latin quatiō ‘shake’
cashier, quash, concussion, fracas, casco, casse, repercussion, 17 more
through Latin succutiō ‘to shake from below’
Today it means
noun A shaking of the body to ascertain whether there is liquid in the thorax.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin quatiō / succussion