Lumbago
/lʌmˈbeɪ.ɡoʊ/noun
Pain in the lower back.
Did you know?The word entered English through Latin medical language, and its core root is the same ancient body word behind modern anatomy terms for the loin and lower back.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*lemb-
“Lower back, loin area”
Latin
Latin
lumbus
“The loin or lower back”
Late Latin
Latin
lumbago
“Pain in the loins or lower back”
14th–16th Century
Middle English
lumbago
“A painful affection of the lower back”
Modern English
English
lumbago
“Pain in the lower back”
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