Etymograph

English

omasum

Omasum comes from Latin omāsum ‘the tripe of a bull’, and goes back to Proto-Semitic *ḥamṯ- ‘abdomen’.

  1. Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ḥamṯ-1‘abdomen’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEomāsum2‘the tripe of a bull’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2009omasum2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin omasum
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English omasum
  3. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2009, Seiki Takatsuki, Seiki Takatsuki: “The deer of the northern group are larger in…”.

Lineage

  1. Proto-Semiticc. 4000–3000 BCE*ḥamṯ-Wiktionary, Latin omasum‘abdomen’reconstructed
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEomāsumWiktionary, English omasum‘the tripe of a bull’
  3. Englishearliest quotation 2009omasumWiktionary, English omasum. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 2009, Seiki Takatsuki, Seiki Takatsuki: “The deer of the northern group are larger in…”

Every English word from Proto-Semitic *ḥamṯ-

Today it means

noun The third compartment of the stomach of a ruminant; the lining of said compartment, regarded as a foodstuff.

Sources

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