ἄλγος
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- pain (of either mind or body), sorrow, trouble, grief, distress, woe
- that which causes pain
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *swergʰ- (be ill, suffer, worry, watch over).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*swergʰ-
Gloss
be ill, suffer, worry, watch over
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -algia English
- abdominalgia English
- alginuresis English
- algolagnia English
- analgesia English
- antalgic English
- besorrow English
- hemialgia English
- oversorrow English
- seeksorrow English
- sorrow English
- sorrow-ridden English
- sorrower English
- sorrowest English
- sorroweth English
- sorrowful English
- sorrowless English
- sorrowly English
- sorrowsome English
- sorrowy English
- -algia Latin
- abdomen Latin
- abdō Latin
- Algolagnie German
- abdomen French
- -algia Spanish, Castilian
- θυμαλγής Ancient Greek
- θῡμός Ancient Greek
- ἀλγέω Ancient Greek
- ἀλγεινός Ancient Greek
- ἀνάλγητος Ancient Greek
- ἀναλγησία Ancient Greek
- *alg- Proto-Indo-European
- *surgh- Proto-Indo-European
- *swergʰ- Proto-Indo-European
- abdómen Portuguese
- *surgō Proto-Germanic
- srogi Polish
- srogoń Polish
- sorow Middle English
- *storgъ, *s(t)rogъ Proto-Slavic
- άλγος Greek (modern)
- αλγεινός Greek (modern)
- αλγολαγνεία Greek (modern)
- աղկաղկ Old Armenian
- serg Old Irish
- abdomen Middle French
- *swergos Proto-Celtic
- kveis Norwegian