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Where does “gangrène” come from?

gangrène (French) comes from Latin gangraena, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα, from Ancient Greek γράω, from Proto-Indo-European *gres-.

gangrène (French): gangrene; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. gangrene; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “gangrène”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latingangraenagangrene
2Ancient Greekγάγγραιναgangrene
3Ancient Greekγράωto gnaw, eat
4Proto-Indo-European*gres-—

Words derived from “gangrène”

  • gangrene
  • gangrenous
  • gangrened
  • nongangrenous
  • gangrenescent
  • gangrenously
  • gangrenate
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gres- →