Etymology

antalgic

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Today it means: alleviating pain Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἄλγος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄλγος“pain”
  2. English todayantalgic

From anti- + Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -ic. Compare French antalgique.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄλγος all →

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