The story
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
- Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
- Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
- Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
- Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
- Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
- Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
- Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
- Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
- Latinthyreoīdēs
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠ́ω (ărŭ́ō)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠτήρ (ărŭtḗr)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠ́ταινᾰ (ărŭ́taină)
- Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠταινοειδής (ărŭtainoeidḗs)
- Latinarytaenoīdēs
- New Latinthyreoarytaenoīdēs
- English todaythyroarytenoid
Borrowed from New Latin thyreoarytaenoīdēs, from thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”) + arytaenoīdēs (“ladle-shaped”); equivalent to thyro- + arytenoid. Doublet of thyroarytenoideus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.