Etymograph

English

glossolabiolaryngeal

Glossolabiolaryngeal comes from Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ ‘larynx’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλᾰ́ρῠγξlắrŭnx‘larynx’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElarynx
  3. New Latinmodernlaryngeus
  4. English1500–presentlaryngeal
  5. Englishtodayglossolabiolaryngeal

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλᾰ́ρῠγξlắrŭnx‘larynx’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElarynx
  3. New Latinmodernlaryngeus
  4. English1500–presentlaryngeal
  5. Englishtodayglossolabiolaryngeal

A compound of glosso- + labio- + laryngeal

Proto-Hellenic *glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā

Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ ‘tongue’

English glosso-

Proto-Indo-European *leb- ‘to hang down loosely’

Proto-Indo-European *l̥b-yóm

Proto-Italic *labjom

Latin labium ‘a lip’

English labio-

Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ ‘larynx’

Latin larynx

New Latin laryngeus

English laryngeal

Linked words

through Latin larynx

larynx, laryngitis, 23 more

Today it means

adj Relating to the tongue, lips, and larynx.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ / glossolabiolaryngeal

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