Etymology

thyrocervical

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Today it means: Relating to the thyroid and the neck. Full definition →

English cervical ← French cervica ← New Latin cervīcāli
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The story

  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. New Latinthyreoīdēs
  11. Englishthyroid
  12. Englishthyro-
  13. Latincervīx
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  16. New Latincervīcāli
  17. Frenchcervica
  18. Englishcervical
  19. English todaythyrocervical

From thyro- + cervical.

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