The story
- New Latin · borrowed frommylohȳoīdēs
- English todaymylohyoid
Borrowed from New Latin mylohȳoīdēs, from Ancient Greek μῠ́λη (mŭ́lē, “a molar”) + Latin hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to mylo- (“molar”) + hyoid.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.