English
hemorrhage
Hemorrhage comes from Latin haemorrhagia ‘a heavy release of blood within or from the body’, from Ancient Greek αἱμορραγία ‘a violent bleeding’, and ultimately from ῥήγνυμι ‘to break asunder, tear, rend, shatter’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥήγνυμι‘to break asunder, tear, rend, shatter’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαἱμορραγίαhaimorrhagía‘a violent bleeding’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaemorrhagia‘a heavy release of blood within or from the body’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024hemorrhage
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEῥήγνυμι‘to break asunder, tear, rend, shatter’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEαἱμορραγίαhaimorrhagía‘a violent bleeding’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhaemorrhagia‘a heavy release of blood within or from the body’
- Englishearliest quotation 2024hemorrhage
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Every English word from Ancient Greek ῥήγνυμι
Today it means
noun A heavy release of blood within or from the body.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ῥήγνυμι / hemorrhage