Where does “admaxillary” come from?
admaxillary (English) comes from English AD, from English advantage, from Middle English avantage, from Old French avantage, from Old French avant, from Latin ab ante, from Latin ante, from Ancient Greek κλίσις — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
admaxillary (English): Near to the maxilla or jawbone
Definitions
- Near to the maxilla or jawbone
Ancestry of “admaxillary”, step by step
admaxillary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English AD
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | AD | borrowed from Latin; in the year of our Lord |
| 2 | English | advantage | Any condition, circumstance, opportunity or... |
| 3 | Middle English | avantage | — |
| 4 | Old French | avantage | advantage; profit; gain |
| 5 | Old French | avant | beforehand; earlier |
| 6 | Latin | ab ante | in front, before |
| 7 | Latin | ante | before, in front, forwards; before; before,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | κλίσις | bending, inclination; a lying down; a place for... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |
via English maxillary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maxillary | Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone; The upper... |
| 2 | Latin | maxillāris | of or pertaining to the jaw; maxillary |
| 3 | Latin | maxilla | jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw; lower part... |
| 4 | Latin | -illa | inflection of -illus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |