Etymology

hyoepiglottic

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Today it means: Relating to, or connecting the hyoid bone and the epiglottis Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient Greekὗ (hû)
  2. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  4. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  5. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  6. Ancient Greekῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs)
  7. Latinhȳoīdēs
  8. Frenchhyoïde
  9. Englishhyoid
  10. Englishhyo-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ep-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éps
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₁épi
  14. Proto-Hellenic*epí
  15. Ancient Greekἐπί (epí)
  16. Ancient Greekἐπῐ- (epĭ-)
  17. Proto-Hellenic*glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā
  18. Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰ (glôssă)
  19. Ancient Greekγλωσσῐ́ς (glōssĭ́s)
  20. Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωσσῐ́ς (epĭglōssĭ́s)
  21. Ancient Greekἐπῐγλωττῐ́ς (epĭglōttĭ́s)
  22. New Latinepiglōtti
  23. Englishepiglottis
  24. Englishepiglottic
  25. English todayhyoepiglottic

From hyo- + epiglottic.

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