The story
Early 18th century, from Fallopius (“Latinized form of the name of Gabriele Falloppio (1523 – October 9, 1562), the Italian anatomist and physician who first described them”) + -an + tube.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
fallopian tube
Today it means: Either of the two ducts through which ova pass from the ovaries to the uterus. Full definition →