alvus

Latin

noun
Definitions
  • belly, bowels, paunch; excrement; flux, diarrhoea
  • stomach, digestive organs
  • womb; matrix (of a fruit)
  • hollow, cavity
  • hold or hull of a ship or boat
  • beehive

Etymology

Derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewlos (tube, hole), *h₂el- (grow, other, nourish, wander, beyond, all, roam, be wet, rise, live on, feed).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₂el-

Gloss

grow, other, nourish, wander, beyond, all, roam, be wet, rise, live on, feed

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