English
aliethmoidal
From ali- + ethmoidal.
Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱs- ‘axis’
Proto-Italic *aksis
Latin axis ‘an axletree of wagon, car, chariot’
Latin *axla
Latin āla ‘wing’
English ali-
Today it means
adj Relating to expansions of the ethmoid bone or cartilage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / aliethmoidal