Etymograph

English

hepatizon

Hepatizon comes from Latin hēpatizon ‘liver-coloured Corinthian bronze’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hyékʷr̥reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*yêkʷər‘liver’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἧπᾰρ‘liver’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἡπᾰτῐ́ζωνhēpătĭ́zōn‘liver-coloured’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἡπᾰτῐ́ζονhēpătĭ́zon
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhēpatizon‘liver-coloured Corinthian bronze’
  7. Englishtodayhepatizon

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*Hyékʷr̥reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*yêkʷər‘liver’reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἧπᾰρ‘liver’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἡπᾰτῐ́ζωνhēpătĭ́zōn‘liver-coloured’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἡπᾰτῐ́ζονhēpătĭ́zon
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhēpatizon‘liver-coloured Corinthian bronze’
  7. Englishtodayhepatizon

Linked words

through Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’

heparin, 9 more

Today it means

noun A valuable metal alloy in antiquity, thought to have been an alloy of copper with gold and silver, mixed and treated to produce a material with a dark purplish patina.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *Hyékʷr̥ / hepatizon

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