The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromνεῦρον“nerve”
- New Latin · derived fromneuralgia
- English todayneuralgia
From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, neur- + -algia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekνεῦρον all →
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