English

peritrophic

From peri- + -trophic.

Persian پری

Ottoman Turkish پری ‘fairy’

English peri

Proto-Hellenic *tʰrépʰō

Ancient Greek τρέφω ‘to maintain, support’

Ancient Greek τροφή ‘food’

Ancient Greek τροφικός ‘pertaining to food or nourishment’

Today it means

adj Describing a tubular chitinous sheath that lines the midgut of many insects.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / peritrophic