English

alveolonasal

From alveolo- + nasal.

Latin alvus ‘belly, bowels, paunch’

Latin alveus ‘hollow, cavity’

Latin alveolus ‘a small hollow or cavity’

English alveolus

Proto-Indo-European *néh₂s ‘nose’

Proto-Italic *nāssos

Latin nāsus ‘the nose’

Medieval Latin nāsālis

English nasal

Today it means

adj Relating to the alveolus and the nose

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / alveolonasal