The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἰσχουρία“retention of urine”
- Latin · derived fromischuria
- English todayischury
Latin ischuria, Ancient Greek ἰσχουρία (iskhouría, “retention of urine”), from ἴσχω (ískhō, “to keep back, restrain”) + οὖρον (oûron, “urine”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.