Nauseate
/ˈnɔː.zi.eɪt/noun
To make someone feel sick or disgusted; to feel sick or disgusted.
Did you know?Nauseate ultimately comes from Greek naus, meaning “ship,” because the earliest nausea was literally the terror of getting sick at sea.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Gk
naus
“ship”
Ancient Greek
Gk
nausia
“seasickness, nausea”
Late Latin
LL
nausea
“seasickness, feeling of disgust”
Middle English
Eng
nauseen / nauseate
“to sicken, to disgust”
Modern English
Eng
nauseate
“to cause sickness or disgust”