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Where does “genioglossus” come from?

genioglossus (English) comes from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

genioglossus (English): A muscle that runs from the mandible to the...

Definitions

  1. A muscle that runs from the mandible to the...

Ancestry of “genioglossus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
2Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
3Proto-Italic-os—
4Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “genioglossus”

  • genioglossi
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