Etymology

analgesia

an·al·ge·sia
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New Latin analgēsia ← Ancient Greek ἀναλγησίᾱ (analgēsíā) ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg-der.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂leg-der.?
  6. Ancient Greekᾰ̓́λγος (ắlgos)
  7. Ancient Greekἀλγέω (algéō)
  8. Ancient Greekἀνάλγητος (análgētos)
  9. Ancient Greekἀναλγησίᾱ (analgēsíā)
  10. New Latinanalgēsia
  11. English todayanalgesia

Learned borrowing from New Latin analgēsia. By surface analysis, an- + algesia.

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