hUSTEREW etc

JKandJWilk at aol.com JKandJWilk at aol.com
Wed Feb 21 07:27:19 EST 2001


I would like to thank all of the members of the b greek community for their 
responses to my inquiry.  I think that the most likely relationship of 
hUSTEREW and hUSTERA was that proposed by Alex Hopkins.  He suggested that 
the latter term (meaning uterus) derived from the former, meaning "to come 
behind or later" in all of its connotations.  This relationship may be 
spacial, or temporal. This has led me to ponder these relationships.  If 
spacial, it must be an anatomic relationship and I wonder just exactly which 
structure the uterus was thought to be behind. The intestines perhaps? The 
bladder?  I'll see if there is an etymology text more medical words at the 
medical school library.  If it refers to a temporal relationship, the only 
possible thing this is likely to refer to is that the menses "come late" in 
pregnancy.

Any further thoughts?

James Wilk, MD
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