English
hydatid
Hydatid comes from Ancient Greek ὑδατίς ‘watery vesicle’, and goes back to ὕδατος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὕδατος‘water’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑδατίςhudatís‘watery vesicle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1820hydatid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὕδατος‘water’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEὑδατίςhudatís‘watery vesicle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1820hydatid
Earliest quotation: 1820, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Oedipus Tyrannus; Or: “Your sacred Majesty, he has the dropsy;— We shall…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὕδατος
Today it means
noun A cyst due to infection by larvae of some species of the tapeworm Echinococcus.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὕδατος / hydatid