Etymology

psora

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Today it means: A cutaneous disease, especially psoriasis, scabies, or mange. Full definition →

Latin psōra ← Ancient Greek ψώρα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromψώρα
  2. Latin · learned borrowing frompsōra
  3. English todaypsora

Learned borrowing from Latin psōra, from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekψώρα all →

psoriasispsorophthalmia

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.