Etymograph

English

ethmoid

Ethmoid comes from Ancient Greek ἠθμοειδής ‘like a strainer, perforated’, and goes back to ἠθμός.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἠθμός‘strainer, sieve’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἠθμοειδήςēthmoeidḗs‘like a strainer, perforated’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentethmoïde
  4. Englishtodayethmoid

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἠθμός‘strainer, sieve’
  2. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἠθμοειδήςēthmoeidḗs‘like a strainer, perforated’
  3. Frenchc. 1600–presentethmoïde
  4. Englishtodayethmoid

Every English word from Ancient Greek ἠθμός

Today it means

noun A light spongy cubical bone at the root of the nose, forming much of the walls of the nasal cavity and part of those of the orbits and having many perforations through which the olfactory nerves pass to the nose.

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Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἠθμός / ethmoid

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