English
hindgut
From hind + gut.
Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm ‘beside, near, by, with’
Proto-Indo-European *ḱem-ta- ‘down, below, with, far, along, against’
Old English hindan ‘at the rear, from behind’
Middle English hinde
English hind
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰewd- ‘to pour’
Proto-Germanic *gut-
Old English gutt ‘gut, entrail’
Middle English gut
English gut
Today it means
noun The caudal part of the alimentary canal of an embryo, including the colon and the rectum, in humans and some other animals.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / hindgut