The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφάρυγξ“throat”
- New Latin · derived frompharynx
- English todaypharyngo-
From New Latin pharynx, from Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx, “throat”), akin to modern Greek φάρυγγας (fáryngas, “pharynx”).
Words from the same roots
New Latinpharynx all →
pharynx
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.