Where does “gangrenar” come from?

gangrenar (Catalan) comes from Italian gangrena, from Latin gangraena, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα, from Ancient Greek γράω, from Proto-Indo-European *gres-.

gangrenar (Catalan): to gangrene cause gangrene

Definitions

  1. to gangrene cause gangrene

Ancestry of “gangrenar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1ItaliangangrenaAlternative form of cancrena
2Latingangraenagangrene
3Ancient Greekγάγγραιναgangrene
4Ancient Greekγράωto gnaw, eat
5Proto-Indo-European*gres-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gres-Every word from Ancient Greek γράωEvery word from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα