Etymograph

English

acromphalus

Acromphalus comes from Ancient Greek ὀμφᾰλός ‘navel’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃nebʰ-‘navel, center’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃m̥bʰ-l̥-‘navel’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὀμφᾰλόςomphălós‘navel’
  4. Englishtodayacromphalus

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃nebʰ-‘navel, center’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₃m̥bʰ-l̥-‘navel’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὀμφᾰλόςomphălós‘navel’
  4. Englishtodayacromphalus

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- ‘navel, center’

nave, umbilical, neb, umbilicus, 10 more

Today it means

noun An abnormal protrusion of the navel that sometimes leads to umbilical hernia

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₃nebʰ- / acromphalus

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