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+ ==Etymology==
+ Recorded from the early 15th century in the sense “vomiting”,^(Etymonline) [[bor|la|nausea|t=seasickness]],^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) [[der|grc|ναυσία|tr=nausía|t=seasickness]],^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary) from ''naûs'' “ship”,^(OED 1989)^(AHD) [[der|ine-pro|*nau-|t=boat]].^(Etymonline)
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+ Despite its etymology, the English word seems never to have been restricted to seasickness.^(Etymonline) It displaced native Old English ''wlǣtta''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}