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The word "anguish" originates from the Proto-Indo-European root *angh-, meaning "tight" or "narrow." This root is also found in the words "anxiety," "anger," and "stench." Over time, the meaning of "anguish" evolved to refer specifically to extreme mental suffering or torment.
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Etymology of anguished From Latin angustus meaning narrow straitened Comes from
Etymology Old English angwisc grief distress torment Proto Germanic angust nar
Etymology From Middle English anguisshous from Old French anguissous from Latin angus
Etymology Old English angwisc grief distress torment Proto Germanic angust nar
Etymology Agnail is derived from the Old English words ange meaning pain and n
Etymology Old English anger noun and verb derived from the Proto Germanic root an
Etymology From Latin angina a narrowing of the throat The word is derived from the Gree
Etymology Old English angre noun and angrian verb Proto Germanic angruz Pos
Etymology The word angst is derived from the German word Angst which has been in use
Etymology Old English angwisc grief distress torment Proto Germanic angust nar
Etymology and Meaning of Anxious Etymology The word anxious derives from the Latin
Etymology Hang From the Old English word hōn meaning to hang or to suspend Nai
Etymology Middle English quynaci quinaci Old French quinancie quinance Late Latin
Etymology Old French peine Latin poena punishment penalty Proto Indo European k
Etymology The word hurt derives from the Middle English word hurten which is of Ang
Etymology Old French tormenter Latin tormentum Greek tormén instrument of to
Etymology Greek ἀγωνία agōnia Meaning Contest struggle painful distr
Etymology Old French destresse Late Latin districtius comparative of districtus mea
Etymology Latin pressura from premere to press Meaning Force exerted per unit a
Etymology The word anxiety comes from the Latin word anxietas which means anxiety
Etymology of Discomfit Latin dis prefix meaning apart away conficere verb
Etymology and Meaning agonize verb Origin From Late Latin agonizāre from Greek a