Etymograph

English

ainhum

Ainhum comes from Portuguese ainhum.

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentainhum1
  2. Englishtodayainhum1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English ainhum

Lineage

  1. Portuguesec. 1500–presentainhumWiktionary, English ainhum
  2. EnglishtodayainhumWiktionary, English ainhum

Every English word from Portuguese ainhum

Today it means

noun A painful constriction of the base of the fifth toe, frequently followed by autoamputation, occurring predominantly in black Africans and their descendants.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “ainhum”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Portuguese ainhum / ainhum

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