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Etymology and origin of the French word gastrique

Confidence
Established
Formation
Derivation
First attested
1560 Ambroise Paré More words from the 16th century
From
Ancient Greek γαστήρ
Ultimate origin
Ancient Greek γαστήρ
Etymology tree
inherited borrowed derived
Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr)
French gastrique
From the same root
Latin gastricus ← γαστήρ

Pronunciation

  • /ɡas.tʁik/[1]

Forms

gastrique (plural gastriques)[1]

Etymology

It is a learned derivative from Ancient Greek γαστήρ (gastḗr, “belly, stomach”) (genitive γαστρός (gastrós)), formed with the suffix -ique.[2][3][4][5] Wiktionary instead takes it from New Latin gastricus.[1] The FEW lists it under the Greek word.[6]

Earliest recorded meaning

Ambroise Paré used it in 1560 as a feminine noun for a blood vessel near the stomach, coming from the splenic branch.[2][3][5] Littré quotes him: La veine et artere viennent de la gastrique “the vein and artery come from the gastric”.[7]

Semantic evolution

As an adjective meaning “of the stomach” it is recorded by the Académie in 1762, as a synonym of stomacal.[2][3][5] The noun for the vessel lived on as a short form of veine gastrique, now dated.[2] By extension the adjective is also said of a person who suffers from the stomach.[2] The learned family from the same Greek word includes gastrite (1803), taken from the Modern Latin gastritis.[3]

Timeline

  • 1560 – Ambroise Paré uses it for a blood vessel near the stomach.[2][3]
  • 1762 – The Académie records the adjective “relating to the stomach”.[2][5]
  • 1803 – The related word gastrite appears.[3]
  • 1835 – The Académie records la gastrique inférieure and la gastrique supérieure for the gastric veins.[2]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. gastric, relating to the estomac: elle souffre d'un ulcère gastrique.[8][9][5]
  2. Suc gastrique: the gastric juice secreted by the stomach, which helps digestion.[5][8]
  3. Embarras gastrique: a stomach upset.[5][8]
  4. (by extension) Suffering from the stomach.[2]

Noun

  1. (dated, anatomy) A gastric vein.[2]
  • gastrite
  • stomacal

References

  1. ^ a b c Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Trésor de la langue française informatisé (2004), ATILF – CNRS & Université de Lorraine, atilf.fr/tlfi; electronic version of Imbs, Paul; Quemada, Bernard, eds. (1971–1994), Trésor de la langue française, Paris: CNRS / Gallimard
  3. ^ a b c d e f Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
  4. ^ Rey, Alain, ed. (2005), Le Grand Robert de la langue française, electronic version, Paris: Le Robert
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Guilbert, Louis; Lagane, René; Niobey, Georges, eds. (1971–1978; 1989), Grand Larousse de la langue française, Paris: Larousse
  6. ^ Wartburg, Walther von, et al. (1922–2002), Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 25 vols., Bonn / Leipzig / Basel: Klopp / Teubner / Zbinden, p. 4, 74b
  7. ^ Littré, Émile (1873–1877), Dictionnaire de la langue française, 4 vols. and supplement, Paris: Hachette
  8. ^ a b c Rey-Debove, Josette; Rey, Alain, eds. (2007), Le Petit Robert de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
  9. ^ Dictionnaire de français Larousse, larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais (accessed 2024)

Related etymologies

Cite this entry

“Gastrique.” Etymologically, 15 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/fr/gastrique. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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