English
herniate
From hernia + -ate.
Formed from hernia + -ate
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- ‘bowels, intestines’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-ni-eh₂
Latin hernia ‘protruded viscus’
English hernia
Today it means
verb Of a tissue, structure, or part of an organ: to protrude through the muscular tissue or the membrane by which it is normally contained, causing a hernia.
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Etymograph / herniate