The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromγαστήρ, γαστρός“stomach”
- New Latin · borrowed fromgastricus
- English todaygastric
From New Latin gastricus, from Ancient Greek γαστήρ, γαστρός (gastḗr, gastrós, “stomach”). By surface analysis, gastr- + -ic; Doublet of gastrique.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.