The story
- Proto-Indo-European*pós
- Proto-Indo-European*pósti
- Proto-Italic*posti
- Old Latinposte
- Latinpost
- Englishpost-
- Ancient Greekκρῐ́κος (krĭ́kos)
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Ancient Greekκρῐκοειδής (krĭkoeidḗs)
- New Latincricoīdēs
- Englishcricoid
- English todaypostcricoid
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.