English
splenic
Splenic comes from Latin splēnicus ‘affected with spleen’, and goes back to Ancient Greek σπληνικός.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσπληνικόςsplēnikós‘of the spleen’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsplēnicus‘affected with spleen’
- Englishearliest quotation 1619splenic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσπληνικόςsplēnikós‘of the spleen’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsplēnicus‘affected with spleen’
- Englishearliest quotation 1619splenic
Earliest quotation: 1619, Samuel Purchas, Purchas His Pilgrim: Microcosmus: “The Liuer by the splenike branch, transferreth them to…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek σπληνικός
Today it means
adj Of, related to, or located near the spleen.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek σπληνικός / splenic