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Where does “ὀδύνη” come from?

ὀδύνη (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.

ὀδύνη (Ancient Greek): pain of body; pain of mind, grief, distress

Definitions

  1. pain of body; pain of mind, grief, distress

Ancestry of “ὀδύνη”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁ed-to eat

Words derived from “ὀδύνη”

  • allodynia
  • vulvodynia
  • pleurodynia
  • gastrodynia
  • allodynic
  • glossodynia
  • mastodynia
  • prostatodynia
  • antiallodynic
  • achillodynia
  • ophthalmodynia
  • osteodynia
  • pharyngodynia
  • urodynia
  • omodynia
  • neurodynia
  • hepatodynia
  • trichodynia
  • metrodynia
  • nonallodynic
  • inguinodynia
  • orodynia
  • oneirodynia
  • -odynia
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