Etymology

intratracheally

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Today it means: within the trachea Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English intratracheal
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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. Englishintratracheal
  17. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  18. Proto-Germanic*līką
  19. English todayintratracheally

From intratracheal + -ly.

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