Etymograph

English

intestinal

Intestinal comes from Latin intestīnum ‘intestine’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnum1‘intestine’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnālis2
  3. Englishtodayintestinal2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin intestinalis
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English intestinal

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnumWiktionary, Latin intestinalis‘intestine’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEintestīnālisWiktionary, English intestinal
  3. EnglishtodayintestinalWiktionary, English intestinal

Equivalent to intestine + -al

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Latin inter ‘between’

Latin intestīnus ‘internal’

Latin intestīnum

English intestine

Every English word from Latin intestīnum

Today it means

adj Relating to the intestines.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “intestinal”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Latin intestinalis. 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.

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