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Where does “oropharyngeal” come from?

Oropharyngeal derives from English pharyngeal combined with Latin os, from Ancient Greek ὄρνυμι, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European h₃éh₁os.

oropharyngeal (English): Of or pertaining to both the mouth and the...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to both the mouth and the...

Ancestry of “oropharyngeal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpharyngealOf or pertaining to the pharynx; Articulated with...
2English-ál—
3EnglishaldehydeAny of a large class of reactive organic...
4GermanAldehydaldehyde
5Latinalcoholkohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder...
6Andalusian Arabicكُحُول—
7Arabicكحلantimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the...
8Arabicكُحْلantimony; kohl, stibnite
9Akkadianguḫlum—
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