English

hypopharyngeal

From hypo- + pharyngeal.

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Ancient Greek φάρυγξ ‘throat, gullet’

Latin pharynx ‘the pharynx’

Late Latin pharyngeus ‘of or pertaining to the pharynx’

Today it means

adj relating to the hypopharynx

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

Etymograph / hypopharyngeal