The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκυνάγχη“canine quinsy”
- Medieval Latin · derived fromquinancia
- Old French · derived fromquinencie
- Middle English · inherited fromquinesye
- English todayquinsy
From Middle English quinesye, from Old French quinencie, from Medieval Latin quinancia, from Ancient Greek κυνάγχη (kunánkhē, “canine quinsy”), from κύων (kúōn, “dog”) + ἄγχω (ánkhō, “throttle”). Doublet of cynanche.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.