Etymology

interarytenoid

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Today it means: Between the arytenoid cartilages. Full definition →

English arytenoid ← New Latin arytaenoīdēs ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρῠταινοειδής (ărŭtainoeidḗs)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠ́ω (ărŭ́ō)
  8. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠτήρ (ărŭtḗr)
  9. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠ́ταινᾰ (ărŭ́taină)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  12. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  13. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  14. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠταινοειδής (ărŭtainoeidḗs)
  15. New Latinarytaenoīdēs
  16. Englisharytenoid
  17. English todayinterarytenoid

From inter- + arytenoid.

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