The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφᾰγέδαινα“cancerous sore, canker”
- Latin · derived fromphagedaena
- English todayphagedena
From Latin phagedaena, from Ancient Greek φᾰγέδαινα (phăgédaina, “cancerous sore, canker”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.