English
hepatopancreashepatopancreas
From hepato- + pancreas.
A compound of hepato- + pancreas
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’
Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’
Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’
English hepato-
Proto-Indo-European *krewh₂- ‘bloody or raw flesh, raw meat’
Ancient Greek πᾶς ‘all’
Ancient Greek πάγκρεας
Latin pancreas
English pancreas
Today it means
noun An organ of the digestive tract of arthropods and fish, which provides the functions which in mammals are provided separately by the liver and pancreas.
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