English
jejunum
Jejunum comes from Latin ieiūnus ‘fasting, abstinent, hungry’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- ‘to sacrifice’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-‘to sacrifice’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-yu-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jagjūnosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEieiūnusas iēiūnum‘fasting, abstinent, hungry’
- Englishtodayjejunum
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-‘to sacrifice’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁yaǵ-yu-sreconstructed
- Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*jagjūnosreconstructed
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEieiūnusas iēiūnum‘fasting, abstinent, hungry’
- Englishtodayjejunum
Linked words
through Latin ieiūnus ‘fasting, abstinent, hungry’
Today it means
noun The central of the three divisions of the small intestine which lies between the duodenum and the ileum
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁yaǵ- / jejunum