Meanings
adjectiveparahypoglossal (not comparable)
- not comparableAcross the hypoglossus
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*per-
- Proto-Indo-European*preh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*pərai
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ́ (părắ)
- Ancient Greekπᾰρᾰ- (pără-)
- Englishpara-
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πο- (hŭpo-)
- Proto-Hellenic*glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā
- Ancient Greekγλῶσσᾰ (glôssă)
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πόγλωσσος (hŭpóglōssos)
- New Latinhypoglōssus
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Englishhypoglossal
- Englishparahypoglossal
From para- + hypoglossal.
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