Etymology

endolabial

E1N1D2O1L1A1B3I1A1L1

Today it means: With the lips protruding. Full definition →

English labial ← Medieval Latin labiālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dóm
  2. Proto-Hellenic*éndon
  3. Ancient Greekἔνδον (éndon)
  4. Englishendo-
  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 todayendolabial

From endo- + labial.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.