Etymology

enterohepatic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to both the liver and the intestine Full definition →

English hepatic ← Middle English epatik ← Late Latin hepaticus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Ancient Greekἔντερον (énteron)
  4. New Latinentero-
  5. Englishentero-
  6. Ancient Greekἡπατικός (hēpatikós)
  7. Late Latinhepaticus
  8. Middle Englishepatik
  9. Englishhepatic
  10. English todayenterohepatic

From entero- + hepatic.

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