Etymology

nasoincisor

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Today it means: Relating to the nose and the incisors Full definition →

English incisor ← New Latin incīsor ← Latin incīdō
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  2. Latinnānus
  3. Englishnano-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  5. Proto-Italic*en
  6. Proto-Italic*en-
  7. Latinin-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂eyd-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂éydeti
  10. Proto-Italic*kaidō
  11. Latincaedō
  12. Latinincīdō
  13. New Latinincīsor
  14. Englishincisor
  15. English todaynasoincisor

From nano- + incisor.

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