Etymology

velopharyngeal

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Today it means: Articulated at the velopharynx. (Those with cleft palate produce such sounds instead of standard sibilants.) Full definition →

English pharyngeal ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Late Latin pharyngeus
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weg-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wegslomder.?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*weǵʰ-der.?
  4. Proto-Italic*wekslom
  5. Latinvēlum
  6. Englishvelo-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰruHg-der.?
  8. Proto-Indo-European*bʰerH-der.?
  9. Pre-Greek*?der.?
  10. Ancient Greekφάρυγξ (phárunx)
  11. Latinpharynx
  12. Late Latinpharyngeus
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Englishpharyngeal
  16. English todayvelopharyngeal

From velo- + pharyngeal.

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