Etymology

nasopharyngitis

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Today it means: Inflammation of the nasal passages and upper pharynx. Full definition →

English pharyngitis ← Latin nāsus ← Proto-Italic *nāssos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*néh₂s
  2. Proto-Italic*nāssos
  3. Latinnāsus
  4. Englishnaso-
  5. Englishpharyngitis
  6. English todaynasopharyngitis

From naso- + pharyngitis.

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