Etymology

nasopharyngeal

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the nose and the pharynx Full definition →

English pharyngeal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Late Latin pharyngeus
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*néh₂s
  2. Proto-Italic*nāssos
  3. Latinnāsus
  4. Englishnaso-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*bʰruHg-der.?
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-der.?
  7. Pre-Greek*?der.?
  8. Ancient Greekφάρυγξ (phárunx)
  9. Latinpharynx
  10. Late Latinpharyngeus
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Englishpharyngeal
  14. English todaynasopharyngeal

From naso- + pharyngeal.

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