Etymograph

English

hepatobiliary

From hepato- + biliary.

A compound of hepato- + biliary

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’

Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’

Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’

English hepato-

Proto-Italic *bistli-

Latin bilis ‘bile’

French bile

French biliaire

English biliary

Today it means

adj Of, pertaining to, or originating in the liver, bile ducts and gall bladder

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

Etymograph / hepatobiliary