stomach

Meanings

Noun

• An organ in animals that stores food in the process of digestion.
• The belly.
• Pride, haughtiness.
• Appetite.
• Desire, appetite (for something abstract).

Verb

• To tolerate (something), emotionally, physically, or mentally; to stand or handle something.
• To be angry.
• To resent; to remember with anger; to dislike.
• To turn the stomach of; to sicken or repel.

Origin

• From Middle English stomak, from Old French estomac, from Latin stomachus, from Ancient Greek στόμαχος, from στόμα.
• Displaced native bouk, buc from būc; largely displaced mawe, maghe, maȝe from maga. More at bucket and maw.