The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπάγκρεας
- Latin · derived frompancreas
- English todaypancreas
Existing in English since the sixteenth century: from Latin pancreas, from Ancient Greek πάγκρεας (pánkreas), from πᾶν (pân, “all”) (equivalent to English pan-) + κρέας (kréas, “flesh”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.