Etymology

thyrohyoideus

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New Latin thyreohȳoīdeus ← Latin hȳoīdēs ← Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs)
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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 Greekὗ (hû)
  12. Ancient Greekῡ̔οειδής (hūoeidḗs)
  13. Latinhȳoīdēs
  14. New Latinthyreohȳoīdeus
  15. English todaythyrohyoideus

Borrowed from New Latin thyreohȳoīdeus, clipping of mūsculus thyreohȳoīdeus (“thyrohyoid muscle”). Doublet of thyrohyoid.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.