Etymology

thyroarytenoideus

New Latin thyreoarytēnoīdeus ← Latin arytaenoīdēs ← Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρῠταινοειδής (ărŭtainoeidḗs)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰwer-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*tʰurā
  3. Ancient Greekθῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
  4. Ancient Greekθῠρεός (thŭreós)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*weyd-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*wéydos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*wéidos
  8. Ancient Greekεἶδος (eîdos)
  9. Ancient Greekθῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)
  10. Latinthyreoīdēs
  11. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠ́ω (ărŭ́ō)
  12. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠτήρ (ărŭtḗr)
  13. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠ́ταινᾰ (ărŭ́taină)
  14. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ρῠταινοειδής (ărŭtainoeidḗs)
  15. Latinarytaenoīdēs
  16. New Latinthyreoarytēnoīdeus
  17. English todaythyroarytenoideus

Borrowed from New Latin thyreoarytēnoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus thyreoarytēnoīdeus (“thyroarytenoid muscle”). Doublet of thyroarytenoid.

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