English

hepatojugular

From hepato- + jugular.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’

Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’

Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’

Proto-Indo-European *yewg- ‘to join, to yoke, to tie together’

Latin jugulum ‘the collarbone’

Late Latin jugulāris

Today it means

adj Relating to the liver and the jugular vein.

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

Etymograph / hepatojugular