Etymology

intratracheal

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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*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₂gʰ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dʰréh₂gʰus
  8. Proto-Hellenic*tʰrākʰús
  9. Ancient Greekτρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)
  10. Late Latintrāchīa
  11. Medieval Latintrāchēa
  12. Englishtrachea
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Englishtracheal
  16. English todayintratracheal

From intra- + tracheal.

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