From Middle English ille ("evil; wicked"), from Old Norse illr, illa, ilt (whence Icelandic illur, Norwegian ille, Danish ilde), from Proto-Germanic *ilhilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁elk- (whence Latin ulcus ("sore"), Ancient Greek ἕλκος ("wound, ulcer"), Sanskrit अर्शस् ("hemorrhoids") (whence Hindi अर्श).
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