Etymology

chyme

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Today it means: The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum. Full definition →

Late Latin chymus ← Ancient Greek χυμός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromχυμός“juice”
  2. Late Latin · derived fromchymus
  3. English todaychyme

From Late Latin chymus, from Ancient Greek χυμός (khumós, “juice”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekχυμός all →

chemosis

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