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- Ancient Greek · derived fromκεφαλή“head”
- English todaycephalgia
Coined based on Ancient Greek κεφαλή (kephalḗ, “head”)+ ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). See cephalo-, -algia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκεφαλή all →
cephalopodcephalonacanthocephalancephalo-cephalophore-cephalouscephalous-cephalykephale
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.