Etymology

nonthyroidal

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Today it means: Not thyroidal Full definition →

English thyroidal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← New Latin thyreoīdēs
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  15. Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
  16. Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
  17. Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
  18. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  19. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  20. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  21. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  22. Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
  23. New Latinthyreoīdēs
  24. Englishthyroid
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  26. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  27. Englishthyroidal
  28. English todaynonthyroidal

From non- + thyroidal.

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