Etymology

translaryngeal

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Today it means: Across or through the larynx Full definition →

English laryngeal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← New Latin laryngeus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*terh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*térh₂t
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂ónts
  4. Proto-Indo-European*tr̥h₂n̥ts
  5. Proto-Italic*trāns
  6. Proto-Italic*trāns-
  7. Latintrans-
  8. Englishtrans-
  9. Ancient Greekλᾰ́ρῠγξ (lắrŭnx)
  10. Latinlarynx
  11. New Latinlaryngeus
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Englishlaryngeal
  15. English todaytranslaryngeal

From trans- + laryngeal.

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