epitrachelion

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*-yós
2. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*h₁epi“on; at; near”
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπιτραχήλιος“on the neck”
4. Medieval Greek · borrowed fromἐπιτραχήλιον
5. English todayepitrachelion

Borrowed from Medieval Greek ἐπιτραχήλιον (epitrakhḗlion), from Ancient Greek ἐπιτραχήλιος (epitrakhḗlios, “on the neck”) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming diminutive nouns). ἐπιτραχήλιος (epitrakhḗlios) is from ἐπι- (epi-, “on, upon, on top of, covering”) (from Proto-Indo-European *h₁epi (“on; at; near”)) + τράχηλος (trákhēlos, “neck”) + -ῐος (-ĭos) (from Proto-Indo-European *-yós (suffix forming adjectives)).

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