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English word origin

Etymology of -algia

Learned borrowing from New Latin -algia. By surface analysis, alg- + -ia.

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Unnumbered source etymology

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suffix

pain, suffering

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Learned borrowing from New Latin -algia. By surface analysis, alg- + -ia.

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