Where does “meconio” come from?

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

meconio (Spanish): meconium

Definitions

  1. meconium

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 μήκωνEvery word from Ancient Greek μηκώνιον