Etymograph

English

talalgia

Talalgia comes from Latin talus ‘heel’, and goes back to Proto-Italic *tākslos.

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tākslos1reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtalus2‘heel’
  3. Englishtodaytalalgia2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin talus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English talalgia

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*tākslosWiktionary, Latin talusreconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtalusWiktionary, English talalgia‘heel’
  3. EnglishtodaytalalgiaWiktionary, English talalgia

Formed from algia

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *teh₂g- ‘to touch’

contact, taste, integrity, integrate, contingent, attain, tame, tangible, taxis, contiguous, tangent, tactile, taxonomy, tact, contaminate, contagion, tama, ataxia, thwack, 29 more

through Latin talus ‘heel’

talon, talus, 4 more

Today it means

noun Pain in the ankle or heel.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “talalgia”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin talus. 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.

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