English

enterophthisis

From entero- + phthisis.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁énteros ‘inside, within’

Ancient Greek ἔντερον ‘intestine’

Proto-Indo-European *dʰgʷʰey- ‘to decline, disappear’

Ancient Greek φθίω ‘to waste away’

Ancient Greek φθίσις ‘consumption, decline, wasting away’

Latin phthisis

Today it means

noun intestinal tuberculosis

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

Etymograph / enterophthisis