Etymology

ciliary

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Today it means: Of, pertaining to or involving cilia. Full definition →

English cilium ← Latin cilium ← Proto-Italic *keljom
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱelyom
  3. Proto-Italic*keljom
  4. Latincilium
  5. Englishcilium
  6. English todayciliary

From cilium + -ary.

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