Etymology

eviscerate

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Today it means: To disembowel; to remove the viscera. Full definition →

Latin ēviscerātus ← Proto-Italic *eks ← Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵʰs
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Italic*eks
  4. Latinex
  5. Latinex-
  6. Latinvīscera
  7. Latinēviscerāre
  8. Latinēviscerātus
  9. English todayeviscerate

From Latin ēviscerātus, past participle of ēviscerāre (“to disembowel”), from e- (“out”) + viscera (“bowels”), equivalent to e- (“out”) + viscera + -ate.

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