diarrhœa

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδιάρροια“through-flowing”
2. Late Latin · derived fromdiarrhoea
3. Middle French · derived fromdiarrie
4. English todaydiarrhœa

From Middle French diarrie (French diarrhée), from Late Latin diarrhoea, from Ancient Greek διάρροια (diárrhoia, “through-flowing”), from διά (diá, “through”) + ῥέω (rhéō, “flow”). Spelling later altered to resemble the word's Latin and Greek roots.

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