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- Latin · borrowed fromparonychia
- English todayparonychia
From Latin paronychia, plural of paronychium, from πᾰρᾰ- (pără-, “beside”) + ὄνυξ (ónux, “nail”) + -ία (-ía); by surface analysis, par(a)- + onych- + -ia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.