soporific
English
/ˌsɒp.əˈɹɪf.ɪk/
noun
Definitions
- (pharmaceutical drug) Something inducing sleep, especially a drug.
- (figuratively) Something boring or dull.
Etymology
Derived from French soporifique derived from Latin sopor (deep sleep, sleep, catalepsy) derived from Proto-Indo-European *swepōr.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swepōr
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- nonsoporific English
- sopor English
- soporifically English
- sopor Latin
- soporatief Dutch, Flemish
- soporifique French
- soporífico Spanish, Castilian
- *swep- Proto-Indo-European
- *swepōr Proto-Indo-European
- soporífico Portuguese
- soporific Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- *swepōs Proto-Italic