Where does “egre” come from?
egre (Italian) comes from Italian egro, from Latin aeger, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.
egre (Italian): feminine plural of egro
Ancestry of “egre”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | egro | sick, suffering; disturbed, troubled |
| 2 | Latin | aeger | sick, ill; difficult, reluctant, troublesome;... |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂eǵ- | to drive |