Etymograph

English

hepatitis

Hepatitis comes from Latin hēpar ‘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. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhēpar‘liver’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhēpatītis
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2013hepatitis

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. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhēpar‘liver’
  6. Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEhēpatītis
  7. Englishearliest quotation 2013hepatitis

Earliest quotation: 2013, Teri Shors, Understanding Viruses: “Hepatitises B and C are the most important chronic…”

Equivalent to hepat- + -itis

Linked words

through Latin hēpar ‘liver’

heparin, 2 more

Today it means

noun Inflammation of the liver, sometimes caused by a viral infection.

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

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

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