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Etymology
Dictionary
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Origin of the word ANGER. Etymology of the word
ANGER.
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From An Etymology
Dictionary of the English Language, by Walter W. Skeat, 1893. |
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ANGER,
excitement due to a sense of injury. (Scand.) In Mid. Eng. the
word is more passive in its use, and denotes 'affliction,' 'trouble,' 'sore
vexation.' 'If he here thole anger and wa' = if he suffer
here affliction and woe; Hampole's Pricke of Conscience, 3517.—Icel. angr,
grief, sorrow. + Dan. anger, compunction, regret. + Swed. ånger,
compunction, regret. + Lat. angor, a strangling, bodily torture; also mental
torture, anguish; from angere, to strangle. Cf. A.S. ange,
oppressed, sad; Gk.
ἄγχειν, to strangle; Skt.
a has, pain, Benfey, p. 1, closely
related to Skt. agha, sin.—✔AGH, and (nasalised)
✔ANGH, to choke,
oppress. See Curtius, i. 234; Fick, i. 9. Der. angr-y,
angr-i-ly; from the same root, anguish, anxious, awe, ugly; also quinsy, q.v.;
and Lat. angina.
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| Etymology
Dictionary Index |
| A, B,
C, D, E,
F, G, H,
I, J, K,
L, M, N,
O, P, Q,
R, S, T,
U, V, W,
X, Y, Z
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| Key |
| Arab.=Arabic. |
| A.S.=Anglo
Saxon. |
| Bavar.=Bavarian |
| Bohem.=Bohemian. |
| C.=Celtic,
used as a general term for Irish, Gaelic, Welsh, Breton,
Cornish, &c. |
| Corn.=Cornish. |
| Dan.=Danish. |
| Du.=Dutch |
| E.=English. |
| E.E.=Early
English. |
| Europ.=European. |
| F.=French. |
| G.=German. |
| Gk.=Greek. |
| Goth.=Gothic. |
| Icel.=Icelandic. |
| Ital.=Italian. |
| L. or
Lat.=Latin. |
| Lith.
& Lithuan.=Lithuanian. |
| M.E.=Middle
English. |
| M.F.=Middle
French |
| M.H.G.=Middle
High German. |
| Norw.=Norwegian. |
| O.F.=Old
French. |
| O.H.G.=Old
High German. |
| Pers.=Persian. |
| Port.=Portuguese. |
| Scand.=Scandinavian,
used as a general term for Icelandic, Swedish, Danish,
&c. |
| Sc.=Scottish. |
| Skt.=Sanskrit. |
| Span.=Spanish. |
| Swed.=Sweish. |
| Teut.=Teutonic |
| Turk.=Turkish. |
| W.=Welsh. |
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