Etymology

extralaryngeal

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Today it means: Outside the larynx Full definition →

English laryngeal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← New Latin laryngeus
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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. Ancient Greekλᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)
  9. Latinlarynx
  10. New Latinlaryngeus
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Englishlaryngeal
  14. English todayextralaryngeal

From extra- + laryngeal.

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