Where does “coracoid” come from?

Coracoid comes from Ancient Greek -ειδής meaning "resembling," derived from Proto-Indo-European weyd- meaning "to see."

coracoid (English): Part of the scapula that projects towards the...

Definitions

  1. Part of the scapula that projects towards the...

Ancestry of “coracoid”, step by step

coracoid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin Corax

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinCoraxA river of Colchis which flows into the Black Sea
2Ancient Greekὄψιςview
3Ancient Greekὄψvoice; word; eye, face
4Proto-Hellenicwókʷsvoice
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwekʷ-to speak, to sound out

via French coracoïde

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchcoracoïdecoracoid

Words derived from “coracoid”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wekʷ- →Every word from Proto-Hellenic wókʷs →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄψ →