ache
English
/eɪk/, /eɪt͡ʃ/, /eɪt͡ʃ/
verb
Definitions
- (intransitive) To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in, pain, especially continued dull pain; to be distressed.
- (transitive) To cause someone or something to suffer pain.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English aken inherited from Old English acan (ache) inherited from Proto-Germanic *akaną (ache, be bad, be evil), *akiz (pain, ache) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eg- (crime, sin).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂eg-
Gloss
crime, sin
Concept
Semantic Field
Modern world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- achage English
- acheful English
- achefully English
- acheless English
- achelike English
- achesome English
- achest English
- acheth English
- achily English
- achiness English
- achy English
- aeger English
- ake English
- antiheadache English
- back English
- backache English
- ball English
- ballache English
- belly English
- bellyache English
- bellyacher English
- bone English
- boneache English
- dick English
- dickache English
- ear English
- earache English
- face English
- faceache English
- head English
- headache English
- headachy English
- heart English
- heartache English
- heartachingly English
- heartachy English
- neck English
- neckache English
- preheadache English
- psych English
- psychache English
- side English
- sideache English
- small English
- smallage English
- stomach English
- stomachache English
- tail English
- tailache English
- tooth English
- toothache English
- toothachy English
- tummy English
- tummyache English
- unache English
- aeger Latin
- aegre Latin
- aegreo Latin
- aegritudo Latin
- heikel German
- akelig Dutch, Flemish
- ἄγος Ancient Greek
- *Hā́gas Proto-Indo-European
- *ages- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eg- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂égos Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂éǵeti Proto-Indo-European
- *akaną Proto-Germanic
- *akiz Proto-Germanic
- acan Old English
- ece Old English
- eċe Old English
- æce Old English
- ǣcen Old English
- आगस् Sanskrit
- aken Middle English
- heorteece Middle English
- hevedeche Middle English
- smalache Middle English
- unaken Middle English
- aka Old Norse
- akel Middle Dutch
- akelich Middle Dutch
- aaklig Afrikaans
- ēkel Middle Low German
- Âke Low German
- ake
- ear
- achy
- bone
- neck
- tail
- ball
- head
- face
- back
- dick
- side
- tummy
- psych
- belly
- tooth
- small
- heart
- aeger
- unache
- achest
- acheth
- achily
- achage
- stomach
- acheful
- earache
- tailache
- faceache
- achiness
- acheless
- smallage
- neckache
- backache
- headachy
- sideache
- dickache
- headache
- achesome
- boneache
- achelike
- ballache
- bellyache
- toothachy
- psychache
- heartachy
- tummyache
- achefully
- heartache
- toothache
- bellyacher
- stomachache
- preheadache
- antiheadache
- heartachingly