The story
- Latin · derived fromangina“quinsy”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἕρπης“creeping”
- English todayherpangina
From Ancient Greek ἕρπης (hérpēs, “creeping”) + Latin angina (“quinsy”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἕρπης all →
herpes
Latinangina all →
angina
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.