stomach
/sˈtʌmək/STUH-muhk
/sˈtʌmək/STUH-muhk
Meaningthe mouth (of the gut)
Common meaning: the organ that digests food
- stomthe mouthLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 1433 · scan
- achfrom Greek -akhos, noun ending
Journey through time
- Greekστόμα‘the mouth’
- Latinstomachum
- Frenchestorer
- Middle Englishstomaksource
- Englishstomach‘the organ that digests food’ · today
stom also in: stomatitis
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: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Greek στόμα ‘the mouth’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry STOMACH, p. 600 · dictionary scan
Roots
- στόμα Greek “the mouth”
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