Where does “meconio” come from?

meconio (Italian) comes from Latin mēcōnium, from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον, from Ancient Greek μήκων, from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ko-.

meconio (Italian): meconium; opium

Definitions

  1. meconium; opium

Ancestry of “meconio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinmēcōnium—
2Ancient Greekμηκώνιονopium; meconium, discharge from the bowels of...
3Ancient Greekμήκωνopium poppy; single poppyseed; poppyhead
4Proto-Indo-Europeanmeh₂ko-—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European meh₂ko- →Every word from Ancient Greek μήκων →Every word from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον →