Etymograph

English

abdomen

Abdomen comes from Latin abdōmen ‘belly, abdomen’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabdōmen‘belly, abdomen’
  2. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600abdomen
  3. Englishtodaysame form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEabdōmen‘belly, abdomen’
  2. Middle Frenchc. 1400–1600abdomen
  3. Englishtodaysame form

first attested First attested in 1541 as labdomen (as stated in the etymology)

The story

First attested in 1541 as labdomen. Borrowed from Middle French abdomen as well as from its etymon Latin abdōmen, possibly from abdō (‘conceal’), from ab (‘away’) + -dō (‘put, place’).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó ‘off, away’

of, off, afterward, overt, 4 more

Today it means

noun The fat surrounding the belly.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin abdōmen / abdomen

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