hemorrhage etymology

English word hemorrhage comes from Ancient Greek -ραγία, Ancient Greek αἷμα, Ancient Greek ῥήγνυμι

Detailed word origin of hemorrhage

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
-ραγία Ancient Greek (grc)
αἷμα Ancient Greek (grc)
ῥήγνυμι Ancient Greek (grc)
αἱμορραγής Ancient Greek (grc)
αἱμορραγία Ancient Greek (grc)
haemorrhagia Latin (lat)
hemorrhage English (eng) (intransitive) To bleed copiously.. (transitive) To lose (something) in copious quantities. A heavy release of blood within or from the body.

Words with the same origin as hemorrhage

Descendants of αἷμα
leukemia