Etymograph

English

tussal

Tussal comes from Latin tussis ‘cough’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- ‘to push, to hit’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tewd-1‘to push, to hit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tudtís1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tussis1reconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtussis2‘cough’
  5. Englishtodaytussal2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin tussis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English tussal

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(s)tewd-Wiktionary, Latin tussis‘to push, to hit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tudtísWiktionary, Latin tussisreconstructed
  3. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tussisWiktionary, Latin tussisreconstructed
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtussisWiktionary, English tussal‘cough’
  5. EnglishtodaytussalWiktionary, English tussal

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- ‘to push, to hit’

study, student, studio, obtuse, etude, 10 more

through Latin tussis ‘cough’

pertussis, 4 more

Today it means

adj Relating to coughing.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “tussal”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin tussis. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewd- / tussal

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