English
extrathyroidal
From extra- + thyroidal.
A compound of extra- + thyroid + -al + thyroidal
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος
Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής ‘Shield-shaped’
New Latin thyreoīdēs
English thyroid
Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος
Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής ‘Shield-shaped’
New Latin thyreoīdēs
English thyroid
English thyroidal
Today it means
adj Outside of the thyroid.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / extrathyroidal