Sudorific
/ˌsuːdəˈrɪfɪk/noun
Causing sweating.
Did you know?The word comes from Latin medical writing, where *sudorificus* named substances that were believed to drive sweat out of the body as a healing purge.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sweid-
“to sweat”
Latin
Latin
sudor
“sweat”
Late Latin
Latin
sudorificus
“causing sweat; sweat-producing”
16th Century
English
sudorific
“causing perspiration; sweat-inducing”
Modern English
English
sudorific
“causing sweating”