English
abomasum
Abomasum comes from New Latin omāsum ‘tripe of a bullock’, and goes back to Proto-Semitic *ḥamṯ- ‘abdomen’.
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ḥamṯ-‘abdomen’root as named · steps between not traced
- New Latinc. 1500–1900omāsum‘tripe of a bullock’
- New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900abomāsum
- Englishearliest quotation 1990abomasum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ḥamṯ-‘abdomen’root as named · steps between not traced
- New Latinc. 1500–1900omāsum‘tripe of a bullock’
- New Latin, derivedc. 1500–1900abomāsum
- Englishearliest quotation 1990abomasum
Earliest quotation: 1990, Commonwealth Agricultural Bureaux, Animal Disease Occurrence: “The abomasa of sheep grazing on natural pastures in…”
Every English word from Proto-Semitic *ḥamṯ-
Today it means
noun The fourth digestive compartment of the stomach of a cow or other ruminant, after the omasum;
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Semitic *ḥamṯ- / abomasum