oesophagus
Meaningthe food carrier
Common meaning: the gullet
- oesouncertain first element
- phagto eatLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1652 (approximate) · scan
- usLatin noun ending
‘uncertain first element’ + ‘to eat’ → oesophagus
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek φαγεῖν ‘to eat’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry φαγεῖν, p. 1652 · dictionary scan
Roots
- φαγεῖν Greek “to eat”
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