acousticopalpebral

adjective

relating to the auditory cranial nerve and the eyelid

OriginEnglish palpebral ← Late Latin palpebrālis ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? →
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Meanings

adjectiveacousticopalpebral (not comparable)
  1. not comparableanatomyrelating to the auditory cranial nerve and the eyelid

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ṓws
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ḱh₂owsyéti
  5. Proto-Hellenic*akóuhō
  6. Ancient Greekἀκούω (akoúō)
  7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓κουστῐκός (ăkoustĭkós)
  8. Medieval Latinacousticus
  9. Englishacoustic
  10. Latinpalpō
  11. Proto-Italic*ðrā
  12. Latinpalpebra
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  15. Late Latinpalpebrālis
  16. Englishpalpebral
  17. Englishacousticopalpebral

From acoustic + -o- + palpebral.

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