nausea

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A feeling of illness or discomfort in the digestive system, usually characterized by a strong urge to vomit.

   He got nausea after two hours of travelling on the plane.

2. 2
   noun

   disgust so strong it makes you feel sick

3. 3
   noun

   the state that precedes vomiting

4. 4
   noun

   Strong dislike or disgust.

Simplified etymology

Nausea originally meant “seasickness.” It came through Latin from Greek and is based on naus, “ship,” which is also the source of nautical; its meaning later broadened to sickness or an unsettled feeling.

From Middle English nausea, a borrowing from Latin nausea, from Ancient Greek ναυσία (nausía, “sea-sickness”), from ναῦς (naûs, “ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂-. Displaced native Old English wlǣtta.

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