Human Body 101: Belly Button
- Evolution Myotherapy
- Jul 10, 2019
- 1 min read
The belly button has many names, including the fairly technical term "navel". "Navel" comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "nafela".
The Romans called the belly button the "umbilicus".
The Greeks called it the "omphalos". So if you add the Greek word "tomê" (meaning "cutting"), you get "omphalotomy". This word means "cutting of the umbilical cord".
