expectorate
Meaningto put out of the chest
Common meaning: to cough up from the chest
- exout
- pectorthe chest, breastLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1321 · scan
- ateverb or adjective ending: to make, having
‘out’ + ‘the chest, breast’ → expectorate
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 pectus ‘the chest, breast’.
Roots
- pectus, -oris Latin “the chest, breast”
Related words
Building blocks are an automatic split · open in app