Etymograph

English

amniotic

Amniotic may come from French amniotique.

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentamniotiqueuncertain
  2. Englishtodayamniotic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Frenchc. 1600–presentamniotiqueuncertain
  2. Englishtodayamniotic

Formed from amnion + -otic

Ancient Greek ἀμνίον

Latin amnion ‘membrane around a fetus’

English amnion

The story

Likely borrowed from French amniotique, from Ancient Greek ἀμνίον (amníon, “vessel for collecting the blood from sacrifices”).

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂meh₁- ‘to reap, mow’

math, mead, mow, 1 more

Today it means

adj Pertaining to the amnion.

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

Etymograph / French amniotique / amniotic

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