Where does “tummyache” come from?
tummyache (English) comes from English tummy, from English stummy, from English stomach, from Middle English stomak, from Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος, from Ancient Greek στόμα.
tummyache (English): Any pain in the stomach or abdomen
Definitions
- Any pain in the stomach or abdomen
Ancestry of “tummyache”, step by step
tummyache traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tummy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tummy | Stomach or belly; Protruding belly, paunch |
| 2 | English | stummy | stomach, tummy |
| 3 | English | stomach | An organ in animals that stores food in the... |
| 4 | Middle English | stomak | The stomach or guts of a organism; One's belly;... |
| 5 | Old French | estomac | stomach |
| 6 | Latin | stomachus | gullet, alimentary canal; stomach; taste or... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | στόμαχος | throat, gullet; stomach; bladder |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | στόμα | mouth; face; The source of a river or stream |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | stomn̥ | — |
via English ache
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ache | To suffer pain; to be the source of, or be in,... |
| 2 | Middle English | ache | Aching; long-lasting hurting or injury; A plant... |
| 3 | Old French | ache | — |
| 4 | Latin | apium | parsley; celery; genitive plural of apis |
| 5 | Latin | Apis | A seaport town of Egypt situated at the borders with Marmarica |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ἄπις | — |
| 7 | Coptic | ϩⲁⲡⲉ | the Apis bull, a bull worshipped as a herald of the gods (first Ptah, then Osiris, then Atum) |
| 8 | Egyptian | ḥp | the god Apis |