Etymograph

English

nonthyroid

Nonthyroid comes from Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής ‘Shield-shaped’, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’, and ultimately from *weyd- ‘to see’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydos‘seeing’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéidosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἶδοςeîdos
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθῠρεοειδήςthŭreoeidḗs‘Shield-shaped’
  6. New Latinmodernthyreoīdēs
  7. English1500–presentthyroid
  8. Englishtodaynonthyroid

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydos‘seeing’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéidosreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἶδοςeîdos
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθῠρεοειδήςthŭreoeidḗs‘Shield-shaped’
  6. New Latinmodernthyreoīdēs
  7. English1500–presentthyroid
  8. Englishtodaynonthyroid

A compound of non- + thyroid

Proto-Indo-European *h₁óynos ‘one’

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Proto-Germanic *nainaz ‘none, nought, zero’

Proto-West Germanic *nain

Old English nān ‘no, not any’

Middle English non ‘no, not any’

English non-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- ‘door’

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Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ ‘door’

Ancient Greek θῠρεός ‘an oblong shield’

Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής ‘shield-shaped’

New Latin thyreoīdēs ‘Shaped like a shield’

English thyroid

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

story, guy, video, idea, review, visit, evidence, advice, provide, interview, guide, witness, historic, vision, wisdom, visa, advise, invisible, wit, wizard, historian, visibility, vista, evident, wisely, witty, revise, guise, prudent, envious, jurisprudence, unwise, prudence, revue, avis, improvise, purview, druid, twit, vide, 104 more

through Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’

wise, 47 more

through Proto-Hellenic *wéidos

steroidal, eidolon, 47 more

through Ancient Greek εἶδος

idol, tabloid, steroid, idyll, trapezoid, colloid, sigmoid, hyoid, 49 more

through English thyroid

hypothyroidism, hyperthyroidism, parathyroid, thyroxine, thyroiditis, 13 more

Today it means

adj Not thyroid.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / nonthyroid