Etymology

midtracheal

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Today it means: In the middle of the trachea Full definition →

English tracheal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Medieval Latin trāchēa
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Germanic*midjaz
  6. Proto-West Germanic*midi
  7. Old Englishmidd
  8. Middle Englishmid
  9. Englishmid
  10. Englishmid-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₂gʰ-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dʰréh₂gʰus
  13. Proto-Hellenic*tʰrākʰús
  14. Ancient Greekτρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)
  15. Late Latintrāchīa
  16. Medieval Latintrāchēa
  17. Englishtrachea
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  20. Englishtracheal
  21. English todaymidtracheal

From mid- + tracheal.

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