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Where does the word "hepatic" come from? It comes from Greek hepatikos, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
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Where does the word "hepatic" come from? It comes from Greek hepatikos, and was adopted directly into English (1400s).
Hepatic’s story begins in Greek: hepatikos meant “relating to the liver.” Relating to the liver, from hepar (liver). It reached English by 1400s as hepatic. Settled as the medical word for anything relating to the liver. Today, hepatic means relating to the liver.
- Stage 1 · Greek · ancient hepatikos "relating to the liver", relating to the liver, from hepar (liver).
- Stage 2 · English · 1400s hepatic "relating to the liver", settled as the medical word for anything relating to the liver.