Etymograph

English

ciliary

From cilium + -ary.

A compound of cilium + -ary

Proto-Indo-European *ḱel- ‘to cover’

Proto-Indo-European *ḱelyom

Proto-Italic *keljom

Latin cilium ‘eyelid’

English cilium

Today it means

adj Of, pertaining to or involving cilia.

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

Etymograph / ciliary