English
panniculus
Panniculus comes from Latin panniculus ‘a piece of cloth, a small rag’, and goes back to pannus.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpannus‘cloth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpanniculus‘a piece of cloth, a small rag’diminutive of pannus
- Englishtodaysame form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpannus‘cloth’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEpanniculus‘a piece of cloth, a small rag’diminutive of pannus
- Englishtodaysame form
Linked words
through Latin pannus ‘cloth’
Today it means
noun A dense layer of fatty tissue growth, consisting of subcutaneous fat in the lower abdominal area.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin pannus / panniculus