dropsy

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
2. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
3. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
4. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
5. Ancient Greekῠ̔́δρωψ (hŭ́drōps)
6. Latinhydrōps
7. Late Latinhydropisia
8. Old Frenchydropisie
9. Middle Englishidropesie
10. English todaydropsy

From Middle English dropesie, idropesie, from Old French idropsie, ydropisie, from Latin hydrōps, from Ancient Greek ὕδρωψ (húdrōps), from ὕδωρ (húdōr, “water”). Doublet of hydropsy and hydrops.

Words from the same roots