Etymology

hepatitis

H4E1P3A1T1I1T1I1S1

Today it means: Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection. Full definition →

Latin hēpatītis ← Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar) ← Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*yókʷr̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*yêkʷər
  4. Ancient Greekἧπαρ (hêpar)
  5. Latinhēpar
  6. Latinhēpatītis
  7. English todayhepatitis

From Latin hēpatītis, from hēpar (“liver”), from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). By surface analysis, hepat- + -itis.

Words from the same roots

Latinhēpatītis all →

hepatite

Ancient Greekἧπαρ all →

hepatite

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.