veisalgia

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄλγος“pain”
2. New Latin · derived from-algia
3. Norwegian · derived fromkveis“uneasiness after debauchery”
4. English todayveisalgia

From Norwegian kveis (“uneasiness after debauchery”) + -algia (pain, suffering) (from New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”)), coined as a medical term by Jeffrey G. Wiese, Michael G. Shlipak, and Warren S. Browner in a 2000 article published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (see the quotation).

Words from the same roots

First known use, by meaning

• from 2000 The unpleasant after-effects of the consumption of alcohol; a hangover.