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 dysenteria →Every word from Old French dissenterie →