Podagra
/pəˈdæɡrə/noun
An acute form of gout affecting the foot, especially the big toe.
Did you know?In Greek and Latin medical writing, podagra was so dreaded that it became a classic emblem of sudden, punishing pain—literally the foot being “seized” by disease.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*pōds
“foot”
Ancient Greek
Gk
πούς (poús), ποδάγρα (podágra)
“foot; gout in the foot”
Latin
Lat
podagra
“gout, especially in the foot”
Middle English
Eng
podagre
“gout in the foot”
Modern English
Eng
podagra
“a gout attack affecting the foot, especially the big toe”