Etymology

sublaryngeal

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Today it means: Beneath the larynx Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Proto-Italic*supo
  3. Latinsub
  4. Latinsub-
  5. Englishsub-
  6. Ancient Greekλᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)
  7. Latinlarynx
  8. New Latinlaryngeus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Englishlaryngeal
  12. English todaysublaryngeal

From sub- + laryngeal.

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