Etymology

glossopharyngeal

Today it means: Pertaining to both the tongue and the pharynx. Full definition →

English pharyngeal ← Late Latin pharyngeus ← Latin pharynx
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰ (glôssă)
  2. Englishglosso-
  3. Latinpharynx
  4. Late Latinpharyngeus
  5. Englishpharyngeal
  6. English todayglossopharyngeal

From glosso- + pharyngeal.

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