Added 10 October 2026
emetic
/əˈmɛt.ɪk/ noun
In Latin: emeticus Wiktionary
noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about emetic at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
Origin
From French émétique, from Vulgar Latin *emeticus, from Ancient Greek ἐμετικός (emetikós), from ἔμετος (émetos, “vomit”); by surface analysis, em(esis) + -etic.
From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)