Hypochondriac
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late 16th century: coined in French from Greek hupokhondriakos, from hupokhondria (see hypochondria).
wiktionary
From French hypocondriaque, from Ancient Greek ὑποχονδριακός(hupokhondriakós, “of the region between the ribs and navel”), from ὑποχόνδριος(hupokhóndrios, “the space between the ribs and the navel”), from ὑπό(hupó, “below”) + χόνδρος(khóndros, “cartilage”)
etymonline
hypochondriac (adj.)
1590s, "pertaining to the hypochondria," also "afflicted with melancholy," from French hypocondriaque (16c.), from Medieval Latin hypochondriacus, from Greek hypokhondriakos "pertaining to the upper abdomen, affected in the hypochondrium," from hypokhondria (see hypochondria). The noun is from 1630s as "melancholy person;" in the modern sense from 1866.
