The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromψώρα“itch”
- Koine Greek · derived fromψωρίασις
- Late Latin · borrowed frompsōriasis“mange, scurvy, psoriasis”
- English todaypsoriasis
From Late Latin psōriasis (“mange, scurvy, psoriasis”), from Koine Greek ψωρίασις (psōríasis), from Ancient Greek ψώρα (psṓra, “itch”) + -σις (-sis, “-sis: forming nouns of action & medical disorders”). Cognate with psora.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekψώρα all →
psorapsorophthalmia
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.