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Where does “hepatique” come from?

hepatique (Old French) comes from Latin hepaticus, from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός, from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ, from Proto-Hellenic eyékʷər, from Proto-Indo-European Hyékʷr̥ — liver.

Ancestry of “hepatique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinhepaticusof or pertaining to the liver; liver-colored
2Ancient Greekἡπατικόςof the liver; related to the liver
3Ancient Greekἧπαρliver
4Proto-Helleniceyékʷər—
5Proto-Indo-EuropeanHyékʷr̥liver

Words derived from “hepatique”

  • hepatic
  • intrahepatic
  • extrahepatic
  • enterohepatic
  • transhepatic
  • suprahepatic
  • subhepatic
  • hepatically
  • perihepatic
  • retrohepatic
  • prehepatic
  • infrahepatic
  • gastrohepatic
  • nonhepatic
  • anhepatic
  • posthepatic
  • hemihepatic
  • extrahepatically
  • transhepatically
  • cystohepatic
  • portohepatic
  • hepatical
  • hepaticological
  • hepaticologist
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