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Ad nauseam

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means repeated so often that it becomes tiresome or sickening
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Stage 1 of 2
ad nauseam
Latin · ancient
"to the point of nausea"
to the point of nausea, from ad (to) and nausea (seasickness)
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Stage 2 of 2
ad nauseam
English · 1600s
"repeated to a tiresome or sickening degree"
adopted directly into English for something repeated to a tiresome degree
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