Etymology

postlaryngeal

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Today it means: posterior to the larynx Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Ancient Greekλᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)
  8. Latinlarynx
  9. New Latinlaryngeus
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishlaryngeal
  13. English todaypostlaryngeal

From post- + laryngeal.

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