The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἧπαρ“liver”
- Latin · derived fromhepatitis
- English todayhepatite
From Latin hepatitis, an unknown precious stone, from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”); compare French hépatite.
Words from the same roots
Latinhepatitis all →
hepatitis
Ancient Greekἧπαρ all →
hepatitis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.