Nauseant
/ˈnɔː.zi.ənt/noun
Something that causes nausea or disgust.
Did you know?Its roots trace back to Greek naus, “ship,” because seasickness was so central to the original word that the feeling of nausea was imagined as the body being tossed like a vessel.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*nes-
“To return home, go back”
Ancient Greek
Greek
naus
“Ship”
Ancient Greek
Greek
nausia / nausiā
“Seasickness, nausea”
Latin
Latin
nauseans
“Causing nausea; nauseating”
Middle English
English
nauseant
“Causing nausea or disgust”
Modern English
English
nauseant
“Something that causes nausea or disgust”