Etymology

extraepiglottic

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Today it means: Outside the epiglottis. Full definition →

English epiglottic ← New Latin epiglōtti ← Ancient Greek ἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₁eǵʰsteros
  4. Proto-Italic*eksteros
  5. Latinexter
  6. Latinextrā
  7. Englishextra-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  11. Proto-Hellenic*epí
  12. Ancient Greekἐπί (epí)
  13. Ancient Greekἐπῐ- (epĭ-)
  14. Proto-Hellenic*glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā
  15. Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰ (glôssă)
  16. Ancient Greekγλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s)
  17. Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s)
  18. Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)
  19. New Latinepiglōtti
  20. Englishepiglottis
  21. Englishepiglottic
  22. English todayextraepiglottic

From extra- + epiglottic.

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