English
arytenoidopexy
Arytenoidopexy comes from Ancient Greek πῆξις ‘fixing, putting together’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to attach, fix, fasten’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-‘to attach, fix, fasten’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπήγνυμιpḗgnumi‘to fasten, put together, unite, build’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπῆξιςpêxis‘fixing, putting together’
- Englishtodayarytenoidopexy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*peh₂ǵ-‘to attach, fix, fasten’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEπήγνυμιpḗgnumi‘to fasten, put together, unite, build’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEπῆξιςpêxis‘fixing, putting together’
- Englishtodayarytenoidopexy
A compound of arytenoid + -pexy
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρύ̆ταινᾰ ‘a ladle or cup’
Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ρῠταινοειδής ‘Shaped like a ladle or cup’
New Latin arytaenoīdēs ‘ladle-shaped’
English arytenoid
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- ‘to attach, fix, fasten’
page, travel, pole, pale, propaganda, compact, peel, pagan, peasant, propagate, pala, palisade, travail, impinge, pectin, pagination, impactor, 28 more
Today it means
noun fixation of the arytenoids
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ǵ- / arytenoidopexy