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 Greekὗ (hû)
- Ancient Greekῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs)
- Latinhȳoīdēs
- New Latinthyreohȳoīdēs
- English todaythyrohyoid
Borrowed from New Latin thyreohȳoīdēs, from thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”) + hȳoīdēs (“U-shaped”); equivalent to thyro- + hyoid. Doublet of thyrohyoideus.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.