Where does “analgesia” come from?
Analgesia derives from Ancient Greek ἀναλγησία, from ἀνάλγητος meaning insensible to pain, combining the negation prefix ἀ- with a root from Proto-Indo-European sem- meaning to feel or perceive.
analgesia (English): The inability to feel pain; Medication that acts...
Definitions
- The inability to feel pain; Medication that acts...
Ancestry of “analgesia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | analgēsia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀναλγησίᾱ | Want of feeling, insensibility |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀν- | Alternative form of ἀ- used before a vowel;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ὀρθός | straight, upright, erect; straight forward, in a... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | ortʰwós | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃r̥dʰwós | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃erdʰ- | to increase, grow; upright, high |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |