Etymology

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New Latin -algia ← Ancient Greek ἄλγος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄλγος“pain”
  2. New Latin · derived from-algia
  3. English today-algy

From New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄλγος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.