The story
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*ǵónh₁os
- Ancient Greekγόνος (gónos)
- Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
- Proto-Indo-European*srew-
- Proto-Indo-European*sréweti
- Proto-Hellenic*hréwō
- Ancient Greekῥέω (rhéō)
- Ancient Greekῥοία (rhoía)
- Ancient Greekγονόρροια (gonórrhoia)
- Late Latingonorrhoea
- English todaygonorrhea
From New Latin, from Late Latin gonorrhoea, from Ancient Greek γονόρροια (gonórrhoia), from γόνος (gónos, “sperm, seed, offspring”) + ῥοία (rhoía, “flow”) (ca. 1526). By surface analysis, gono- + -rrhea.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.