Where does “dysentery” come from?

Dysentery comes from Old French dissenterie, from Latin dysenteria, from Ancient Greek δυσεντερία, a compound of δυσ- (bad, difficult) and a root from Proto-Indo-European dus- (bad) and ultimately dēwǝ- (to harm).

dysentery (English): A disease characterised by inflammation of the...

Definitions

  1. A disease characterised by inflammation of the...

Ancestry of “dysentery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchdissenterie
2LatindysenteriaThe dysentery

Words derived from “dysentery

Every word from Latin dysenteriaEvery word from Old French dissenterie