stomach English · revision 5304

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=a. 1325|origins=grc στόμα}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈstʌm.ək/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|enm|stomak]], [[bor|fro|estomac|alt=estomac, stomaque]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(SOED 2002) from [[la|stomachus|t=throat, gullet; stomach; taste, liking; pride, indignation]],^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) from [[grc|στόμαχος|tr=stómakhos|t=throat, gullet; opening]], from [[m|grc|στόμα|tr=stóma|t=mouth]].^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Hoad 1986) The native word is [[maw]].^(Etymonline) It is related to [[stoma]].^(Etymonline)^(Cresswell 2021)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The internal pouch of the body in which food is digested: before 1325 in Barnhart, the early 14th century in Etymonline.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The Latin word already had the figurative senses of courage, pride, indignation and ill will,^(Trench 1859) and they came into English too: appetite about 1386,^(Barnhart 1988) the seat of feelings in the 16th century, and courage, pride or anger, which Trench noted had nearly or quite gone by 1859.^(Hoad 1986)^(Trench 1859) The belly or abdomen is from about 1375.^(OED 1989) The spelling of the ending was conformed to Latin from the 16th century, but the pronunciation stayed as in Middle English.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988) The verb at first meant to be offended at or resent (1523), echoing Latin stomachārī “to be angry”,^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) and the sense “to put up with, endure”, probably from digestion, is from the 1570s in Etymonline and 1677 in Barnhart.^(Etymonline)^(Barnhart 1988)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * a. 1325 – the digestive organ.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * c. 1375 – the belly.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1386 – appetite.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1523 – verb, to resent.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1570s – to tolerate.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The organ in which food is stored and partly [[digestion|alt=digested]] after being swallowed.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # The front of the body below the chest; the [[abdomen]] or belly.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Desire or appetite: ''no stomach for a fight''.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To put up with or [[tolerate]] something unpleasant.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(archaic)'' To resent.^(AHD)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[stomachache]]

+ * [[stomacher]]

+ * [[stomachy]]

+ * [[tummy]]

+ * [[honey stomach]]

+ * [[stomach pump]]

+ * [[stomach sweetbread]]

+ * [[stomach worm]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[stomachic]]

+ * [[stoma]]

+ * [[maw]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}