The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπυρεξία“feverishness”
- Latin · derived frompyrexia
- English todaypyrexia
From post-classical Latin pyrexia, from Ancient Greek πυρεξία (purexía, “feverishness”), from πυρετός (puretós, “fever”).
First known use, by meaning
- from 18th c. Fever.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.