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Where does “aegre” come from?

aegre (Latin) comes from Latin -ē, from Latin dis-, from Latin calceus, from Latin calx, from Ancient Greek χάλιξ — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.

aegre (Latin): scarcely, hardly, painfully; reluctantly,...

Definitions

  1. scarcely, hardly, painfully; reluctantly,...

Ancestry of “aegre”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ē—
2Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
3Latincalceusshoe
4Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
5Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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