The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀρθρῖτις“joint-disease, gout”
- Latin · derived fromarthrītis
- English todayarthritis
From Latin arthrītis, from Ancient Greek ἀρθρῖτις (arthrîtis, “joint-disease, gout”), from ἄρθρον (árthron, “a joint”). By surface analysis, arthr- + -itis.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.