English
intestinal
Intestinal comes from Latin intestīnum ‘intestine’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnum‘intestine’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnālis
- Englishtodayintestinal
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnum‘intestine’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnālis
- Englishtodayintestinal
Equivalent to intestine + -al
Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’
Latin inter ‘between’
Latin intestīnus ‘internal’
Latin intestīnum
English intestine
Every English word from Latin intestīnum
Today it means
adj Relating to the intestines.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin intestīnum / intestinal