English
hyoid
Hyoid comes from Latin hȳoīdēs ‘U-shaped’, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’, and ultimately from *weyd- ‘to see’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydos‘seeing’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéidosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἶδοςeîdos
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῡ̔οειδήςhūoeidḗs‘shaped like the letter "υ"’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhȳoīdēs‘U-shaped’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthyoïde
- Englishearliest quotation 1969hyoid
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydos‘seeing’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéidosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἶδοςeîdos
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEῡ̔οειδήςhūoeidḗs‘shaped like the letter "υ"’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhȳoīdēs‘U-shaped’
- Frenchc. 1600–presenthyoïde
- Englishearliest quotation 1969hyoid
Earliest quotation: 1969, JG Ballard: “The hyoid bone in her throat flutters as if…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’
story, guy, video, review, visit, idea, evidence, provide, advice, interview, vision, witness, historic, guide, wisdom, visa, advise, invisible, wit, wizard, historian, visibility, evident, vista, wisely, witty, revise, guise, prudent, envious, jurisprudence, unwise, prudence, revue, improvise, avis, purview, twit, druid, voyeur, 105 more
through Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’
through Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
through Ancient Greek εἶδος
idol, steroid, tabloid, hypothyroidism, idyll, hyperthyroidism, trapezoid, thyroxine, parathyroid, colloid, sigmoid, thyroiditis, 50 more
Today it means
adj Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon (υ).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / hyoid