Where does “غانغرن” come from?

غانغرن (Ottoman Turkish) comes from French gangrène, from Latin gangraena, from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα, from Ancient Greek γράω, from Proto-Indo-European *gres-.

غانغرن (Ottoman Turkish): gangrene

Definitions

  1. gangrene

Ancestry of “غانغرن”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchgangrènegangrene; first-person singular present...
2Latingangraenagangrene
3Ancient Greekγάγγραιναgangrene
4Ancient Greekγράωto gnaw, eat
5Proto-Indo-European*gres-
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *gres-Every word from Ancient Greek γράωEvery word from Ancient Greek γάγγραινα
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