Etymology

perilaryngeal

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Today it means: Around the larynx. Full definition →

English laryngeal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← New Latin laryngeus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Ancient Greekλᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)
  5. Latinlarynx
  6. New Latinlaryngeus
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Englishlaryngeal
  10. English todayperilaryngeal

From peri- + laryngeal.

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