Etymology

osteal

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Today it means: bony Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English osteo- ← Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ésth₁
  2. Ancient Greekὀστέον (ostéon)
  3. Englishosteo-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  6. English todayosteal

From osteo- + -al.

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