Etymograph

English

angina

Angina comes from Latin angina ‘quinsy’, from angō ‘to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- ‘to constrict, tighten, compress’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enǵʰ-‘to constrict, tighten, compress’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*anɣōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEangō‘to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEangina‘quinsy’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₂enǵʰ-‘to constrict, tighten, compress’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*anɣōreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEangō‘to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause pain)’
  4. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEangina‘quinsy’
  5. Englishtodaysame form

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- ‘to constrict, tighten, compress’

angry, anger, eng, angrily, angst, 12 more

through Latin angō ‘to press together, to choke, to hurt (cause…’

anxiety, anxious, anguish, 2 more

Today it means

noun Any of various kinds of pain, especially pain that is suffocative, spasmodic, and/or acute and severe (fulminant).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₂enǵʰ- / angina

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