English
alg-
Alg- comes from Ancient Greek ἄλγος ‘pain, sorrow, trouble, grief, distress, woe’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄλγοςálgos‘pain, sorrow, trouble, grief, distress, woe’
- Englishtodayalg-
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄλγοςálgos‘pain, sorrow, trouble, grief, distress, woe’
- Englishtodayalg-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- ‘to care’
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through Ancient Greek ἄλγος ‘pain, sorrow, trouble, grief, distress, woe’
Today it means
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Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἄλγος / alg-