Etymology

tracheally

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Today it means: Via the trachea Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English tracheal
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dʰreh₂gʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰréh₂gʰus
  3. Proto-Hellenic*tʰrākʰús
  4. Ancient Greekτρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)
  5. Late Latintrāchīa
  6. Medieval Latintrāchēa
  7. Englishtrachea
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Englishtracheal
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. English todaytracheally

From tracheal + -ly.

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