Etymology

gonorrheal

G2O1N1O1R1R1H4E1A1L1

Today it means: Of, pertaining to, or afflicted with gonorrhoea Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English gonorrhea ← Late Latin gonorrhoea
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ǵónh₁os
  3. Ancient Greekγόνος (gónos)
  4. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  5. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sréweti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*hréwō
  8. Ancient Greekῥέω (rhéō)
  9. Ancient Greekῥοία (rhoía)
  10. Ancient Greekγονόρροια (gonórrhoia)
  11. Late Latingonorrhoea
  12. Englishgonorrhea
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. English todaygonorrheal

From gonorrhea + -al.

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