English

ethmoturbinal

From ethmo- + turbinal.

Proto-Indo-European *seh₁y-

Ancient Greek ἠθέω ‘to sift, strain’

Ancient Greek ἠθμός

Latin turbō ‘a top, whirl’

Today it means

noun An upper turbinal, connected directly with the ethmoid bone.

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

Etymograph / ethmoturbinal