pertussis
/pəˈtʌsɪs/pur-TUH-sis
/pɚˈtʌsɪs/pur-TUH-sis
Meaninga thorough cough
Common meaning: whooping cough
- perthrough; thoroughly
- tussa coughLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1920 · scan
- isGreek noun ending marking an act or process
‘through’ + ‘a cough’ → pertussis
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
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Origin: Built on Latin tussis ‘a cough’.
Roots
- tussis, -is Latin “a cough”
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