Where does “aegritudo” come from?

aegritudo (Latin) comes from Latin aeger, from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ- — to drive.

aegritudo (Latin): illness, sickness; grief, sorrow

Definitions

  1. illness, sickness; grief, sorrow

Ancestry of “aegritudo”, step by step

aegritudo traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin aeger

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaegersick, ill; difficult, reluctant, troublesome;...
2Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eǵ-to drive

via Latin tudo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintudo

Words derived from “aegritudo

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂eǵ-Every word from Latin aeger