Etymograph

English

hepatic

Hepatic comes from Ancient Greek ἡπατικός ‘of the liver’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yekʷ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yókʷr̥‘liver’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*yêkʷər‘liver’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἧπαρhêpar‘liver’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἡπατικόςhēpatikós‘of the liver’
  6. Late Latinmodernhepaticus
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500epatik
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1800hepatic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*(H)yekʷ-reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*yókʷr̥‘liver’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*yêkʷər‘liver’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἧπαρhêpar‘liver’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἡπατικόςhēpatikós‘of the liver’
  6. Late Latinmodernhepaticus
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500epatik
  8. Englishearliest quotation 1800hepatic

Earliest quotation: 1800, George Newenham Wright et al., China...: “In the coal district of Ou-ma-too, a manufacture of…”

Linked words

through Ancient Greek ἧπαρ ‘liver’

heparin, 8 more

Today it means

adj Of or relating to the liver.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ- / hepatic

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