Where does “precordialgia” come from?
precordialgia (Italian) comes from Italian precordiale, from Italian -algia, from New Latin -algia, from Ancient Greek ἄλγος, from Ancient Greek ἀλέγω — I heed, trouble myself.
precordialgia (Italian): praecordial / precordial pain
Definitions
- praecordial / precordial pain
Ancestry of “precordialgia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | precordiale | prechordal |
| 2 | Italian | -algia | algia |
| 3 | New Latin | -algia | Used to form nouns identifying specific kinds or... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἄλγος | pain (of either mind or body), sorrow, trouble, grief, distress, woe |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀλέγω | I heed, trouble myself |