The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστόμαχος
- Latin · derived fromstomachus
- Old French · derived fromestomac
- Middle English · inherited fromstomak
- English todaystomach
From Middle English stomak, from Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος (stómakhos), from στόμα (stóma, “mouth”). Partially displaced native Old English maga, whence Modern English maw.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.