Etymology

cardialgy

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Ancient Greek καρδία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαρδία“heart”
  2. English todaycardialgy

From cardio- + -algy. From Ancient Greek καρδία (kardía, “heart”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain, suffering”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκαρδία all →

cardiacardio-epicardium

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