soporific

Meaningsleep-making

Common meaning: causing sleep

sopordeep sleepLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1731 · scan
ificadjective ending: making

Journey through time

Latinsopor, -ōris‘deep sleep’
Englishsoporific‘causing sleep’ · today

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 sopor ‘deep sleep’.

Roots

sopor, -ōris Latin “deep sleep”

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