Etymology

mesogaster

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Today it means: The mesogastrium. Full definition →

New Latin mesogastrium ← Ancient Greek μέσος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμέσος“middle”
  2. New Latin · borrowed frommesogastrium
  3. English todaymesogaster

From New Latin mesogastrium, from Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekμέσος all →

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