Etymology

apicocoronal

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the apical and coronal aspects of a tooth (the root apex and the crown); as (usually, more specifically) being on the longitudinal axis of the tooth, defined by those poles. Full definition →

English coronal ← Middle English coronal ← Anglo-Norman corona
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  2. Proto-Italic*apeks
  3. Latinapex
  4. Englishapico-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ḱorh₂-
  6. Ancient Greekκορώνη (korṓnē)
  7. Latincorōna
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Latincorōnālis
  11. Anglo-Normancorona
  12. Middle Englishcoronal
  13. Englishcoronal
  14. English todayapicocoronal

From apico- + coronal.

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