The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromῥάχις“backbone”
- English todayrachialgia
From Ancient Greek ῥάχις (rhákhis, “backbone”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”) + -ia.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekῥάχις all →
rachisrach-rachi-rachid-rachiometerrachiotomyrachitome
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.