Where does “plågsamhet” come from?

plågsamhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish plågsam, from Swedish plåga, from Old Swedish plagha, from Middle Low German plage, from Latin plāga, from Latin plagius, from Ancient Greek πλάγιος, from Ancient Greek -ῐος — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

plågsamhet (Swedish): painfulness

Definitions

  1. painfulness

Ancestry of “plågsamhet”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishplågsamcausing or associated with moderately severe or worse suffering (usually physical pain); painful, agonizing, (in the agonizing sense) excruciating
2Swedishplågaa pain, a plague; to cause pain, to plague
3Old Swedishplagha
4Middle Low Germanplage
5Latinplāgaplague, misfortune
6Latinplagius
7Ancient Greekπλάγιοςplaced sideways, slanting, aslant
8Ancient Greek-ῐοςbelonging to; of”, “belonging to”, “pertaining to
9Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -yósEvery word from Ancient Greek -ῐοςEvery word from Ancient Greek πλάγιος
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