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Spleen

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means an abdominal organ involved in filtering blood and immune function
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Stage 1 of 2
splen
Greek · ancient
"the spleen organ"
the abdominal organ once believed to be the seat of bad temper
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Stage 2 of 2
spleen
English · 1300s
"the abdominal organ, or ill temper"
settled as the medical word for the organ, later meaning ill temper
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