Etymology

intertracheal

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Today it means: Within the trachea Full definition →

English tracheal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Medieval Latin trāchēa
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  3. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  4. Latininter
  5. Latininter-
  6. Englishinter-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₂gʰ-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*dʰréh₂gʰus
  9. Proto-Hellenic*tʰrākʰús
  10. Ancient Greekτρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)
  11. Late Latintrāchīa
  12. Medieval Latintrāchēa
  13. Englishtrachea
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. Englishtracheal
  17. English todayintertracheal

From inter- + tracheal.

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