Etymology of the English word allergic
the English word
allergicderived from the English word
allergyderived from the German word
Allergiederived from the Greek word
allos, ἄλλος, ἄλλως ('else,' different (in many applications); differently)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*al-using the English suffix
-icDerivations in English
nonallergic,
photoallergicCognates
Dutch
allergie, English
allergy, French
allergie, German
Allergie, Norwegian
allergi, Spanish
alérgico, Swedish
allergiUsage
Word found in Modern English
