English

hepatocarcinoma

From hepato- + carcinoma.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’

Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’

Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’

Ancient Greek καρκίνος ‘crab’

Ancient Greek καρκινόω ‘to suffer from cancer’

Ancient Greek κᾰρκῐ́νωμᾰ ‘sore, ulcer’

Latin carcinōma ‘tumour’

Today it means

noun cancer of the liver

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

Etymograph / hepatocarcinoma