Cervicalgia
/ˌsɜːrvɪˈkæl.dʒiə/noun
Pain in the neck or cervical region.
Did you know?Cervicalgia is a modern medical coinage built from Latin and Greek elements, not an old folk word—proof that even clinical language can sound like a spell when you break it apart.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ker-
“head, horn, top, or projecting point”
Latin
Latin
cervix
“neck; nape; the neck as a bending point”
Late Latin / Medical Latin
Latin
cervicalis
“of the neck”
Ancient Greek
Greek
álgos
“pain”
Modern Medical English
English
cervicalgia
“pain in the neck region”