Where does “maxillary” come from?
Maxillary comes from Latin maxillaris, formed from Latin malus meaning bad or evil, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mel- meaning soft or weak.
maxillary (English): Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone; The upper...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone; The upper...
Ancestry of “maxillary”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | maxillāris | of or pertaining to the jaw; maxillary |
| 2 | Latin | maxilla | jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw; lower part... |
| 3 | Latin | -illa | inflection of -illus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 4 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 5 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |
Words derived from “maxillary”
- submaxillary
- intermaxillary
- premaxillary
- pterygomaxillary
- zygomaticomaxillary
- bimaxillary
- nasomaxillary
- rhinomaxillary
- palatomaxillary
- supramaxillary
- faciomaxillary
- premaxillomaxillary
- temporomaxillary
- pharyngomaxillary
- inframaxillary
- stylomaxillary
- orbitomaxillary
- intramaxillary
- zygomaxillary
- admaxillary
- septomaxillary
- supermaxillary
- promaxillary
- antennomaxillary