English

glossoptosis

From glosso- + ptosis.

Proto-Hellenic *glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā

Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ ‘tongue’

Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- ‘to fall’

Proto-Indo-European *pípth₂-

Proto-Hellenic *píptō

Ancient Greek πίπτω ‘to fall down’

Ancient Greek πτῶσις ‘falling, fall’

Today it means

noun The abnormal downward displacement or retraction of the tongue.

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

Etymograph / glossoptosis