English

hepatospecific

From hepato- + specific.

Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ-

Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ ‘liver’

Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər ‘liver’

Ancient Greek ἧπᾰρ ‘liver’

Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- ‘to see’

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Latin speciō ‘to see’

Latin speciēs ‘kind’

Late Latin specificus ‘specific’

Old French specifique

Today it means

adj Limited to, or occurring only in the liver

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

Etymograph / hepatospecific