Where does “sciatica” come from?

Sciatica comes from Late Latin sciatica, from Latin sciaticus, from Ancient Greek ἰσχιαδικός, derived from ἰσχίον meaning hip bone.

sciatica (English): Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by...

Definitions

  1. Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by...

Ancestry of “sciatica”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinsciatica
2Ancient Greekἰσχιαδικόςof the hips
3Ancient Greekἰσχιάςhip-disease; sciatica; hip disease
4Ancient Greek-ᾰ́ςgroup of
5Proto-Indo-European-óntsDerives nouns denoting body parts
6Hungarianöntto pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön
7Hungarianönyou
8Hungarianön-self-
9Turkishönfront
10Ottoman Turkishاوكvoice (of human or animal); sound
11Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
Every word from Proto-Turkic ǖnEvery word from Ancient Greek -ᾰ́ςEvery word from Hungarian ön-