Where does “deviscera” come from?
deviscera (Romanian) comes from Romanian eviscera, from French éviscérer, from Latin eviscero, from Latin viscera, from Latin viscus, from Proto-Indo-European weys- — to raise, increase; to produce, procreate.
Ancestry of “deviscera”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | eviscera | to eviscerate |
| 2 | French | éviscérer | to eviscerate |
| 3 | Latin | eviscero | to disembowel |
| 4 | Latin | viscera | nominative plural of viscus; accusative plural of... |
| 5 | Latin | viscus | Any internal organ of the body; entrails, viscera |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | weys- | to raise, increase; to produce, procreate |