Etymology

apicolabial

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Today it means: linguolabial Full definition →

English labial ← Medieval Latin labiālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep-
  2. Proto-Italic*apeks
  3. Latinapex
  4. Englishapico-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leb-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*l̥b-yóm
  7. Proto-Italic*labjom
  8. Latinlabium
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Medieval Latinlabiālis
  12. Englishlabial
  13. English todayapicolabial

From apico- + labial.

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