English

hepatomalacia

From hepato- + malacia.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’

Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’

Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’

Ancient Greek μᾰλᾰκός ‘soft’

Ancient Greek μαλακία ‘softness, sickness’

Latin malacia ‘a calm at sea, dead calm’

Today it means

noun A softening of the liver.

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

Etymograph / hepatomalacia