analgesic

The story

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. Englishanalgesia
12. English todayanalgesic

From analgesia (“absence of pain”) + -ic, from New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀν- (an-, “without”) + ἄλγησις (álgēsis, “sense of pain”), from ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). Compare -algia.

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