Etymology

pretracheal

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Today it means: Anterior to the trachea. Full definition →

English tracheal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Medieval Latin trāchēa
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*préh₂i?
  4. Proto-Italic*prai
  5. Proto-Italic*prai-
  6. Latinprae-
  7. Middle Englishpre-
  8. Englishpre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₂gʰ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dʰréh₂gʰus
  11. Proto-Hellenic*tʰrākʰús
  12. Ancient Greekτρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)
  13. Late Latintrāchīa
  14. Medieval Latintrāchēa
  15. Englishtrachea
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  18. Englishtracheal
  19. English todaypretracheal

From pre- + tracheal.

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