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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 Greekἰσχιαδικός—
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 Turkishاوك—
11Proto-Turkicǖnsound, voice
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