Etymology

toothache

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Today it means: A pain or ache in a tooth. Full definition →

Middle English toth-ake ← Old English tōþeċe
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  1. Old English · inherited fromtōþeċe“toothache”
  2. Middle English · inherited fromtoth-ake
  3. English todaytoothache

From Middle English toth-ake, from Old English tōþeċe (“toothache”). By surface analysis, tooth + ache.

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