Where does “endotracheal” come from?
Endotracheal derives from English tracheal, English trachea, and Ancient Greek τραχεῖα meaning rough, from τραχύς rough, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₁én.
endotracheal (English): Within, or through the trachea
Definitions
- Within, or through the trachea
Ancestry of “endotracheal”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | tracheal | Of or pertaining to the trachea |
| 2 | English | -ál | — |
| 3 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 4 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 5 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 6 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 7 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 8 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 9 | Akkadian | guḫlum | — |
Words derived from “endotracheal”