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Where does “hyolaryngeal” come from?

hyolaryngeal (English) comes from English hyo-, from English hyoid, from French hyoïde, from Latin hyoīdēs, from Ancient Greek ῡ̔οειδής, from Ancient Greek -ειδής, from Ancient Greek -ής, from Proto-Indo-European -ēs — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...

hyolaryngeal (English): Relating to the hyolarynx

Definitions

  1. Relating to the hyolarynx

Ancestry of “hyolaryngeal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhyo-hyoid; the hyoid bone or arch; pig
2EnglishhyoidShaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon;...
3Frenchhyoïdehyoid
4Latinhyoīdēs—
5Ancient Greekῡ̔οειδής—
6Ancient Greek-ειδήςlike, connected to, from the nature of, full of;...
7Ancient Greek-ήςadjective suffix
8Proto-Indo-European-ēsPrimarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds
9Proto-Indo-European-ess—
10Proto-Indo-European-osCreates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;...
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