Etymology

subhepatic

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Today it means: Below the liver Full definition →

English hepatic ← Middle English epatik ← Late Latin hepaticus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(H)yekʷ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*yókʷr̥
  8. Proto-Hellenic*yêkʷər
  9. Ancient Greekἧπαρ (hêpar)
  10. Ancient Greekἡπατικός (hēpatikós)
  11. Late Latinhepaticus
  12. Middle Englishepatik
  13. Englishhepatic
  14. English todaysubhepatic

From sub- + hepatic.

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