English
chyme
Chyme comes from Late Latin chymus, and goes back to Ancient Greek χυμός ‘juice’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχυμόςkhumós‘juice’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEchymus
- Englishtodaychyme
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEχυμόςkhumós‘juice’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEchymus
- Englishtodaychyme
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰew- ‘to pour’
god, futile, chemist, giddy, gust, futility, gush, geyser, ingot, 22 more
Today it means
noun The thick semifluid mass of partly digested food that is passed from the stomach to the duodenum.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek χυμός / chyme