'dysentery' originates from Latin, specifically the word 'dysenteria,' which came from Greek 'dysenteria,' where 'dys-' meant 'bad' or 'difficult' and 'enteron' meant 'intestine.'

'dysenteria' in Latin was borrowed from Greek 'dysenteria,' and eventually became the modern English word 'dysentery' through Middle English.

Initially, it meant 'a disorder of the intestines,' and over time it evolved into its current meaning of 'an intestinal infection causing severe diarrhea.'