Etymology

superlaryngeal

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Today it means: supralaryngeal Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*úp
  2. Proto-Indo-European*upér
  3. Proto-Italic*super
  4. Latinsuper
  5. Latinsuper-
  6. Englishsuper-
  7. Ancient Greekλᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)
  8. Latinlarynx
  9. New Latinlaryngeus
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Englishlaryngeal
  13. English todaysuperlaryngeal

From super- + laryngeal.

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