English
alveolo-
Alveolo- comes from Latin alveolus ‘a small hollow or cavity’, and goes back to alvus ‘belly, bowels, paunch’.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalvus‘belly, bowels, paunch’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalveus‘hollow, cavity’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalveolus‘a small hollow or cavity’
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodayalveolo-
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEalvus‘belly, bowels, paunch’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalveus‘hollow, cavity’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEalveolus‘a small hollow or cavity’
- English1500–presentsame form
- Englishtodayalveolo-
Every English word from Latin alvus
Today it means
prefix alveolar
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin alvus / alveolo-