The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἄγρα“a catching”
- Latin · derived frommentāgra
- English todaymentagra
From Latin mentāgra, from mentum (“chin”) + Ancient Greek ἄγρα (ágra, “a catching”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἄγρα all →
pellagra
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.