English
herniology
From hernia + -ology.
Formed from hernia + -ology
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH- ‘bowels, intestines’
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰerH-ni-eh₂
Latin hernia ‘protruded viscus’
English hernia
Today it means
noun The surgical study of hernias.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / herniology