Etymology

hyolaryngeal

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Today it means: Relating to the hyolarynx (the hyoid bone and the larynx) Full definition →

English laryngeal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← New Latin laryngeus
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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. Ancient Greekλᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)
  12. Latinlarynx
  13. New Latinlaryngeus
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englishlaryngeal
  17. English todayhyolaryngeal

From hyo- + laryngeal.

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