Where does “myalgia” come from?
Myalgia comes from Ancient Greek μῦς meaning muscle combined with Ancient Greek ἄλγος meaning pain, with the suffix Ancient Greek -ία, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -h₂.
myalgia (English): Muscular pain or tenderness
Definitions
- Muscular pain or tenderness
Ancestry of “myalgia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | My | megayear; Alternative letter-case form of my... |
| 2 | Middle English | mi | First-person singular genitive determiner: my |
| 3 | Middle English | min | First-person singular genitive determiner: my;... |
| 4 | Old English | mīn | my, mine |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | *mīn | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | mīnaz | my, mine; 1st person singular possessive |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | méynos | my; mine |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mei | to fix, to build fortifications or fences |