Etymograph

English

gastrology

Gastrology comes from Ancient Greek γαστήρ ‘stomach’, from λόγος ‘explanation’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect (words)’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-1‘to collect (words)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógos1reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγος2‘explanation’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγαστήρ3gastḗr‘stomach’
  5. Englishtodaygastrology3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek λόγος
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek -λογία
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English gastrology

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek λόγος‘to collect (words)’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosWiktionary, Ancient Greek λόγοςreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςWiktionary, Ancient Greek -λογία‘explanation’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEγαστήρWiktionary, English gastrologygastḗr‘stomach’
  5. EnglishtodaygastrologyWiktionary, English gastrology

The story

Gastro- and gastric (meaning related to the stomach) are both derived from the Greek word.

Full etymology on Wiktionary

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect (words)’

election, collection, technology, lesson, select, elite, eligible, collect, elect, legion, elegant, coil, negligence, catalogue, negligible, negligent, leach, diligent, lexicon, lexical, cull, epilogue, dialectic, alexia, lignite, lexis, legation, lignin, cosmology, gynecologist, ineligibility, dialogic, 149 more

through Proto-Hellenic *lógos

archaeological, pathological, homologous, etymology, pathophysiology, psychopathology, astrological, neurophysiology, bacteriological, histopathology, 100 more

through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘explanation’

logic, apology, analogy, trilogy, sociology, terminology, logos, physiology, pathology, monologue, archaeologist, logistic, pathologist, prologue, eulogy, epistemology, entomology, etiology, apologia, bacteriology, syllogism, bacteriologist, 109 more

through Ancient Greek γαστήρ ‘stomach’

gastritis, gastrectomy, 5 more

Today it means

noun the scientific study of the stomach

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “gastrology”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek λόγος, Ancient Greek -λογία. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / gastrology

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