colic
Meaningaffected with colic
Common meaning: stomach pain
- colicaffected with colicSkeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), p. 121 · scan
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Latin colicus ‘affected with colic’.
Roots
- colicus Latin “affected with colic”
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