English
hypochondrium
Hypochondrium comes from Ancient Greek ὑποχόνδριον ‘the soft part of the body below the cartilage…’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑποχόνδριονhupokhóndrion‘the soft part of the body below the cartilage and above the navel’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900hypochondrium
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEὑποχόνδριονhupokhóndrion‘the soft part of the body below the cartilage and above the navel’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900hypochondrium
- Englishtodaysame form
A compound of ὑπό ‘below’ + χόνδρος ‘cartilage’
Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’
Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘below’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrend- ‘to grind, crush’
Proto-Indo-European *gʰrónd-ro-s
Ancient Greek χόνδρος ‘cartilage’
Every English word from Ancient Greek ὑποχόνδριον
Today it means
noun The upper region of the abdomen, covering the upperribs, at each side of the epigastrium.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ὑποχόνδριον / hypochondrium