The story
- New Latin · derived frompterygopalātīnus
- French · borrowed fromptérygo-palatin
- English todaypterygopalatine
Borrowed from French ptérygo-palatin, from New Latin pterygopalātīnus, from pterygoīdēs (“winglike”) + palātīnus (“relating to the palate”); equivalent to pterygo- + palatine.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.