English
hepatoportal
From hepato- + portal.
Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-
Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’
Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’
Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’
English hepato-
Proto-Indo-European *per- ‘to pass through/over’
…
Latin porta ‘gate, especially of a city’
Old French porte ‘door’
Old French portal ‘gate’
Middle English portal ‘a portal’
English portal
Today it means
adj Of or pertaining to the portal system of the liver.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hepatoportal