Etymograph

English

palatoglossal

Palatoglossal comes from Latin palātum ‘palate’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātum‘palate’
  2. Englishtodaypalatoglossal

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEpalātum‘palate’
  2. Englishtodaypalatoglossal

A compound of palato- ‘relating to the palate’ + glossal

Latin palātum ‘the palate’

English palato-

Proto-Hellenic *glṓt͏̌t͏̌ā

Ancient Greek γλῶσσᾰ ‘a tongue’

English glossal

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *pel-

film, felt, simple, simply, push, filter, powder, complain, fold, pulse, pillow, repeal, pollen, flaw, compulsive, expel, repel, propel, palpable, pelt, palladium, polemic, pall, wallow, peloton, tuple, pollinate, muffle, apoplexy, peplum, pulver, pillion, palp, interpolate, 64 more

through Latin palātum ‘palate’

palatable, 10 more

Today it means

adj Of, pertaining to, or involving the palate and the tongue; (specifically) of or pertaining to the palatoglossus.

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

Etymograph / Latin palātum / palatoglossal

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