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hepar.

liver

5 characters2 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

noun[ˈheː.par]Classical-Latin[ˈɛː.par]

  1. liver

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(H)yekʷ- Proto-Indo-European *-r̥ Proto-Indo-European *yókʷr̥ Proto-Hellenic *yêkʷər Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar)bor. Latin hēpar Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἧπαρ (hêpar, “liver”). Doublet of iecur. The Greek word's N-stem oblique base was lost and replaced with a T-stem; had it retained its ancestors' N-stem pattern, the oblique base would have most likely been *hēpan-, *hepan-, *hipan-, or *ipan- instead.

noun[ˈheː.par]Classical-Latin[ˈɛː.par]

  1. a kind of fish

    declension-3
Where this word comes from

From Ancient Greek ἥπατος (hḗpatos).

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