The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromαἱμορραγία“a violent bleeding”
- Latin · derived fromhaemorrhagia
- English todayhemorrhage
From Latin haemorrhagia, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία (haimorrhagía, “a violent bleeding”), from αἱμορραγής (haimorrhagḗs, “bleeding violently”), from αἷμα (haîma, “blood”) + -ραγία (-ragía), from ῥηγνύναι (rhēgnúnai, “to break, burst”); see ῥήγνῡμῐ (rhḗgnūmĭ) for more.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.