Where does “ileum” come from?

Ileum comes from Latin ilia, from Latin ile, from Ancient Greek εἰλεός, from Ancient Greek εἰλέω meaning to roll or twist, from Proto-Indo-European wel-.

ileum (English): The last, and usually the longest, division of...

Definitions

  1. The last, and usually the longest, division of...

Ancestry of “ileum”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīlia

Words derived from “ileum

Every word from Latin īlia