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Where does “гангрена” come from?

гангрена (Kazakh) comes from Russian гангре́на, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα, from Ancient Greek γράω, from Proto-Indo-European *gres-.

гангрена (Kazakh): gangrene

Definitions

  1. gangrene

Ancestry of “гангрена”, step by step

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