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Translating Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">nestis</span> (Galen). So called because it typically is found empty during dissections, perhaps because it would tend to drain in a body laid on its back.</p></section><div class="word__firstRecorded--3lZB8">also from<!-- --> <a rel="nofollow" class="word__firstRecorded_time--28qNE" href="/search?sort=a&q=from:late%2014c.">late 14c.</a></div></div></div></div><div class="related--32LCi"><h3 class="h3_title" title="words related to jejunum">Entries linking to <i>jejunum</i></h3><div class="related__details--2kumU"><div class="word--C9UPa word_4pc--2SZw8"><div><a class="word__name--TTbAA word_thumbnail__name--1khEg" style="margin-bottom:5px;display:block" title="Origin and meaning of jejune" href="/word/jejune#etymonline_v_1694">jejune<!-- --> <!-- -->(adj.)<span class="word_thumbnail__name_icon--2RFFN"><i class="fa fa-chevron-right" style="font-size:16px"></i></span></a><div class="word__etymology_expand--1s7tE"><section class="word__defination--2q7ZH undefined"><div></div><p>1610s, "dull in the mind, flat, insipid, wanting in interest," from Latin <span class="foreign notranslate">ieiunus</span> "empty, dry, barren," literally "fasting, hungry," a word of obscure origin. De Vaan finds it to be from a PIE root meaning "to worship, reverence," hence "to sacrifice" (with cognates including Sanskrit <span class="foreign notranslate">yajati</span> "to honor, worship, sacrifice," Avestan <span class="foreign notranslate">yaza-</span> "to worship," Greek <span class="foreign notranslate">agios, agnos</span> "holy;" see <a href="/word/hagio-" title="Etymology, meaning and definition of hagio- " class="crossreference notranslate">hagio-</a>), and writes that the Latin word and its relatives "would be based on the habit to perform the first sacrifice of the day on an empty stomach." Related: <span class="foreign notranslate">jejunal</span>; <span class="foreign notranslate">jejunally</span>.</p></section></div></div><div style="clear:both"></div></div></div></div><div data-ad-container="true" class="adContainer--6CVz1 vertical" style="margin-top:1em"><span class="adLabel--35hfi">Advertisement</span><ins class="adsbygoogle" data-ad-client="ca-pub-7093273770345366" style="display:block;width:100%" data-ad-slot="8757723469" data-ad-format="auto" data-full-width-responsive="true"></ins></div><div class="ngram--SmXCf"><h3 class="h3_title" title="Trends of jejunum">Trends of <i>jejunum</i></h3><div class="ngram__container--NwjaG" style="height:180px"><canvas id="ngram-chart"></canvas></div><div class="ngram__footer--3-9dX">adapted from books.google.com/ngrams/. 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