Etymograph

English

coeliac

Coeliac comes from Latin coeliacus ‘of or relating to the abdomen or stomach’, from Ancient Greek κοιλιακός ‘of the bowels, intestinal’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱowilos.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱowilosreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκοῖλος‘hollow’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοιλίαkoilía‘belly’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοιλιακόςkoiliakós‘of the bowels, intestinal’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoeliacus‘of or relating to the abdomen or stomach’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1838coeliac

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱowilosreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκοῖλος‘hollow’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοιλίαkoilía‘belly’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκοιλιακόςkoiliakós‘of the bowels, intestinal’
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEcoeliacus‘of or relating to the abdomen or stomach’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 1838coeliac

Earliest quotation: 1838, William James Erasmus Wilson, Practical and Surgical Anatomy: “Next remove the middle portion of the lesser omentum,…”

Equivalent to coel- + -i- + -ac

Linked words

through Latin coeliacus ‘of or relating to the abdomen or stomach’

celiac

Today it means

adj Relating to the abdomen, or to the cavity of the abdomen.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱowilos / coeliac

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