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Abdomen

2 stages from Latin to English.

Today it means the part of the body between the chest and pelvis, containing the digestive organs
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abdomen
Latin · ancient
"the belly"
the belly, the fatty part of the body
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Stage 2 of 2
abdomen
English · 1540s
"the belly region of the body"
adopted directly as the anatomical word for the belly region
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