The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστόμα“mouth”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἔντερον“intestine”
- Latin · derived fromfistula“pipe, tube”
- English todayfistuloenterostomy
From fistulo- (“fistula”) + entero- (“intestine”) + -stomy (“mouth, surgical connection”), from Latin fistula (“pipe, tube”), Ancient Greek ἔντερον (énteron, “intestine”), and Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
Words from the same roots
Latinfistula all →
fistulafesterfistularioidfistularyfistulo-
Ancient Greekἔντερον all →
gastroenterologyenteralabentericarchenteronenter-entero-enterocleisisenterolithenteron
Ancient Greekστόμα all →
ancylostomalipostomystomato--stomestomodeum
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.