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Where does “strangury” come from?

strangury (English) comes from Latin stranguria, from Ancient Greek στραγγουρία, from Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -íh₂, from Proto-Indo-European -h₂ — Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

strangury (English): A painful, frequent need to urinate, when the...

Definitions

  1. A painful, frequent need to urinate, when the...

Ancestry of “strangury”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinstranguria—
2Ancient Greekστραγγουρίαstrangury
3Ancient Greek-ῐ́ᾱ{{l|en|-ia}}; "suffix forming abstract feminine...
4Proto-Indo-European-íh₂—
5Proto-Indo-European-h₂Creates collective nouns, which refer to groups...

Words derived from “strangury”

  • stranguric
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