agony? ( it was: Re: Yugoslawia)

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, "altamix" <alxmoeller@...> wrote:

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> Mmmm..hmm.. agoj < *agonj < *agonyos ? That remember me of

neologism

> agony in English and the meaning by now appears very interesting.
> I would like to search in the evening about the ultimately

etimology

> of "agony", maybe one finds something out.
>
> Alex

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Alex, do your searching before you post your free-association
musings.
From on-line Merriam-Webster:
" ag·o·ny
Etymology: Middle English agonie, from Late Latin agonia, from Greek
agOnia struggle, anguish, from agOn gathering, contest for a prize,
from agein to lead, celebrate" (< *ag^-)
Dan