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hepatitis
1727, coined from Gk.
hepatos,
gen. of
hepar
"liver," from PIE base
*yequr(t)
(gen.
*yeqnes
), cf. Skt.
yakrt,
Avestan
yakar,
L.
jecur,
O.Lith.
jeknos
"liver." The ending is Mod.L.
-itis
"inflammation."