The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγάγγραινα“gangrene”
- Latin · derived fromgangraena
- French · borrowed fromgangrène
- English todaygangrene
Borrowed from French gangrène, from Latin gangraena, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα (gángraina, “gangrene”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.