Etymology

algesia

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Today it means: sensitivity to pain Full definition →

French algésie ← Ancient Greek ἄλγησις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄλγησις“sense of pain”
  2. French · borrowed fromalgésie
  3. English todayalgesia

From French algésie, either a back-formation from analgésie (“analgesia”) – the form *ἀλγησία (*algēsía) is not found in Ancient Greek – or formed directly from Ancient Greek ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”) + -ie (“-ia”).

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