Etymology

velopharynx

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Today it means: The region of the soft palate and the pharynx Full definition →

English pharynx ← New Latin pharynx ← Ancient Greek φάρυγξ (phárunx)
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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. New Latinpharynx
  12. Englishpharynx
  13. English todayvelopharynx

From velo- + pharynx.

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