English

anephric

From a- + nephric.

Formed from a- + nephric

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *negʷʰrós ‘kidney’

Proto-Hellenic *nekʷʰrós ‘kidney’

Ancient Greek νεφρός ‘kidney’

Today it means

adj Without functioning kidneys.

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

Etymograph / anephric