Etymology

extrahepatic

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Today it means: Originating or occurring outside the liver. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yekʷ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*yókʷr̥
  10. Proto-Hellenic*yêkʷər
  11. Ancient Greekἧπαρ (hêpar)
  12. Ancient Greekἡπατικός (hēpatikós)
  13. Late Latinhepaticus
  14. Middle Englishepatik
  15. Englishhepatic
  16. English todayextrahepatic

From extra- + hepatic.

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