Etymology

tracheolaryngeal

Today it means: Relating to the trachea and the larynx Full definition →

English laryngeal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← New Latin laryngeus
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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. Englishtracheo-
  9. Ancient Greekλᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)
  10. Latinlarynx
  11. New Latinlaryngeus
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Englishlaryngeal
  15. English todaytracheolaryngeal

From tracheo- + laryngeal.

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