English
icterus
Icterus comes from Latin icterus ‘a yellow bird, otherwise unknown, the sight of…’, and goes back to Ancient Greek ἴκτερος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἴκτεροςíkteros‘jaundice’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEicterus‘a yellow bird, otherwise unknown, the sight of which was said to cure jaundice’
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἴκτεροςíkteros‘jaundice’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEicterus‘a yellow bird, otherwise unknown, the sight of which was said to cure jaundice’
- Englishtodaysame form
Every English word from Ancient Greek ἴκτερος
Today it means
noun An excess of bile pigments in the blood; jaundice.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἴκτερος / icterus