English
hepatoesophageal
From hepato- + esophageal.
Formed from hepato- + esophageal
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’
Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’
Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’
English hepato-
Latin oesophāgeus
English esophageal
Today it means
adj Relating to the liver and esophagus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hepatoesophageal