Where does “oropharyngoscopy” come from?
oropharyngoscopy (English) comes from English pharyngoscopy, from English scopy, from English Y, from English yuri, from Japanese 百合, from Japanese 連用形, from Japanese 見る, from Japanese 夢.
oropharyngoscopy (English): endoscopy of the oropharynx
Definitions
- endoscopy of the oropharynx
Ancestry of “oropharyngoscopy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | pharyngoscopy | The medical examination of the pharynx |
| 2 | English | scopy | Alternative form of scopey |
| 3 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 4 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 6 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 7 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 8 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 9 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 10 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 11 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |