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hernia (n.)
late 14c.,
hirnia
, from Latin
hernia
"a rupture," related to
hira
"intestine," from PIE
*ghere-
"gut, entrail" (see
yarn
). The re-Latinized spelling of the English word is from 17c. Related:
Herniated
(1819).
