Word Origin Summary

Ἔντερον is attested in Ancient Greek. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Ancestry Chain

1. *h₁énterosProto-Indo-Europeanderived from

Descendants and Related Terms

• enteritis

  Spanish · derived from

• entero-

  Spanish · derived from

• abenteric

  English · derived from

• enterocito

  Spanish · derived from

• enterolith

  English · derived from

• entero-

  Polish · derived from

• entero-

  English · derived from

• gastroenterology

  English · derived from

What You Can Explore

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