Etymology Explorer › Ancient Greek

Where does “ἧπαρ” come from?

ἧπαρ (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic eyékʷər, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

ἧπαρ (Ancient Greek): liver

Definitions

  1. liver

Ancestry of “ἧπαρ”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Helleniceyékʷər—
2Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver

Words derived from “ἧπαρ”

  • hepatic
  • hepatitis
  • heparin
  • intrahepatic
  • extrahepatic
  • steatohepatitis
  • enterohepatic
  • transhepatic
  • heparinization
  • perihepatitis
  • suprahepatic
  • subhepatic
  • heparinase
  • hepatically
  • perihepatic
  • retrohepatic
  • prehepatic
  • hepar
  • infrahepatic
  • gastrohepatic
  • nonhepatic
  • heparinoid
  • anhepatic
  • posthepatic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ →