neuralgia
Meaningnerve pain
Common meaning: nerve pain
- neura sinew, cord in the bodyLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1000 (approximate) · scan
- algpain, griefLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 57 · scan
- ianoun ending (Latin/Greek) for a field or condition
‘a sinew, cord in the body’ + ‘pain, grief’ → neuralgia
Journey through time
- neur — Greek νεῦρον “a sinew, cord in the body” (path traced)
- alg — Greek ἄλγος “pain, grief” (path traced)
- Greekνεῦρον + ἄλγος‘a sinew, cord in the body + pain, grief’
- Englishneuralgia‘nerve pain’ · today
neur also in: neurologyneurophysiology
alg also in: analgesic
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek νεῦρον ‘a sinew, cord in the body’ + Greek ἄλγος ‘pain, grief’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry νεῦρον, p. 1000 · dictionary scan
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