Etymology of the English word nausea
the English word
nauseaderived from the Latin word
nausea (nausea; seasickness)
derived from the Greek word
nauseaderived from the Greek word
nautiaderived from the Greek word
nausiaderived from the Greek word
naus, ναῦς (a boat (of any size))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nau-derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*nāu-Date
The earliest known usage of nausea in English dates from the 16th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
