Where does “infrahyoid” come from?
infrahyoid (English) comes from English infra, from Latin infra, from Latin īnferā, from French inférer, from Latin īnferō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.
infrahyoid (English): Below the hyoid bone in the neck; applied to a...
Definitions
- Below the hyoid bone in the neck; applied to a...
Ancestry of “infrahyoid”, step by step
infrahyoid traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English infra
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | infra | Discussed later; Infrastructure |
| 2 | Latin | infra | below |
| 3 | Latin | īnferā | — |
| 4 | French | inférer | to infer |
| 5 | Latin | īnferō | to carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 7 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
via English hyoid
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | hyoid | Shaped like a U, or like the letter upsilon;... |
| 2 | French | hyoïde | hyoid |
| 3 | Latin | hyoīdēs | U-shaped; hyoid |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ῡ̔οειδής | shaped like the letter υ upsilon |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ειδής | like, connected to, from the nature of, full of;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ής | adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -ēs | Primarily forms adjectival bahuvrīhi compounds |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ess | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -os | Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs;... |