Etymograph

English

hyolaryngeal

Hyolaryngeal 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. Englishtodayhyolaryngeal

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. Englishtodayhyolaryngeal

A compound of hyo- + laryngeal

Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

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Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής ‘shaped like the letter υ (upsilon)’

Latin hȳoīdēs ‘U-shaped’

French hyoïde ‘hyoid’

English hyoid

English hyo-

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 hyolarynx (the hyoid bone and the larynx)

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek λᾰ́ρῠγξ / hyolaryngeal

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