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algedonic
Algedonic comes from Ancient Greek ἄλγος ‘pain’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄλγοςálgos‘pain’
- Englishearliest quotation 1894algedonic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἄλγοςálgos‘pain’
- Englishearliest quotation 1894algedonic
Earliest quotation: 1894, Henry Rutgers Marshall, Pain: “I have restrained myself, however, from the temptation to…”
The story
Coined by Henry Rutgers Marshall in 1894.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *h₂leg- ‘to care’
intelligence, intellectual, intelligent, leech, analgesia, 9 more
through Ancient Greek ἄλγος ‘pain’
Today it means
adj Pertaining to both pleasure and pain.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἄλγος / algedonic