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
- Neuralgia of the sciatic nerve, characterised by...
Ancestry of “sciatica”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Late Latin | sciatica | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἰσχιαδικός | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἰσχιάς | hip-disease; sciatica; hip disease |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ᾰ́ς | group of |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -ónts | Derives nouns denoting body parts |
| 6 | Hungarian | önt | to pour; to cast; accusative singular of ön |
| 7 | Hungarian | ön | you |
| 8 | Hungarian | ön- | self- |
| 9 | Turkish | ön | front |
| 10 | Ottoman Turkish | اوك | — |
| 11 | Proto-Turkic | ǖn | sound, voice |