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urticaria (n.)
"nettle-rash," medical Latin, from Latin
urtica
"nettle, stinging nettle" (figuratively "spur, incentive, stimulant), from
urere
"to burn," from PIE root
*eus-
"to burn" (see
ember
) + abstract noun ending
-ia
. Related:
Urticarial
.
