English
cricoid
Cricoid comes from New Latin cricoīdēs, from Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής ‘ring-shaped, annular’, and ultimately from κῐ́ρκος.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκῐ́ρκοςas κρίκος‘ring’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκρῐκοειδήςkrĭkoeidḗs‘ring-shaped, annular’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900cricoīdēs
- Englishearliest quotation 1972cricoid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκῐ́ρκοςas κρίκος‘ring’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκρῐκοειδήςkrĭkoeidḗs‘ring-shaped, annular’
- New Latinc. 1500–1900cricoīdēs
- Englishearliest quotation 1972cricoid
Earliest quotation: 1972, Владимир Набоков, Transparent Things: “What luck that Mr. Romeo still gripped and twisted…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- ‘to bend’
short, share, card, across, cancer, cross, screen, shirt, score, circle, circuit, curve, crucial, scare, circus, circulation, skirt, carnival, curb, scar, cancellation, circa, scrutiny, shrine, crest, shear, incarceration, shred, carnage, coronary, corona, raffle, scorpion, circulate, carcinoma, shrewd, shard, carnal, cirque, corolla, 119 more
Today it means
adj Of, relating to, or being a cricoid cartilage.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κῐ́ρκος / cricoid