The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκοιλιακός
- Latin · derived fromcoeliacus
- English todaycoeliac
From Latin coeliacus, from Ancient Greek κοιλιακός (koiliakós), from κοιλία (koilía, “belly”). By surface analysis, coel- + -i- + -ac. Cognate with coelom.
Words from the same roots
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.