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Where does “hepatopancreas” come from?

hepatopancreas (English) comes from English pancreas, from Latin pancreas, from Ancient Greek πάγκρεας, from Ancient Greek πᾶν, from Ancient Greek ὀπτικός, from Ancient Greek ὄψις, from Ancient Greek ὄψ, from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs — to speak, to sound out.

hepatopancreas (English): An organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and...

Definitions

  1. An organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and...

Ancestry of “hepatopancreas”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpancreasA gland near the stomach which secretes a fluid...
2Latinpancreas—
3Ancient Greekπάγκρεαςpancreas, sweetbread
4Ancient Greekπᾶνneuter nominative singular of πᾶς; neuter...
5Ancient Greekὀπτικόςof or relating to seeing, sight or vision: optic,...
6Ancient Greekὄψιςview
7Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
8Proto-Hellenicwókʷs—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out
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