alvus.
belly/paunch/stomach; womb; bowel; bowel movement; hull (ship); beehive; cavity;
Meaning & usage
belly, bowels, paunch; excrement; flux, diarrhoea
stomach, digestive organs
alvī pūrgātiō
womb; matrix (of a fruit)
womb
hollow, cavity
hold or hull of a ship or boat
beehive
alvī melle plēnae
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlósder. Proto-Italic *aulos? Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der. Proto-Indo-European *-wósder. Proto-Italic *alwos? Latin alvus There are two competing theories: * From Proto-Italic *aulos with metathesis, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlós, nominal form of *h₂ewlo- (“tube, hole, channel”). Cognate with Ancient Greek αὐλός (aulós), Lithuanian avilỹs. Same metathesis seen in parvus - παῦρος (paûros). For the semantics compare Old Armenian փոր (pʻor, “cavity, hollow; belly”). * Or from Proto-Italic *alwos, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- (“to nourish”) + *-wós.
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