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Where does “pharyngomaxillary” come from?

pharyngomaxillary (English) comes from English maxillary, from Latin maxillāris, from Latin maxilla, from Latin -illa, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.

pharyngomaxillary (English): Relating to the pharynx and maxilla

Definitions

  1. Relating to the pharynx and maxilla

Ancestry of “pharyngomaxillary”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmaxillaryOf or relating to the jaw or jawbone; The upper...
2Latinmaxillāris—
3Latinmaxillajaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw; lower part...
4Latin-illainflection of -illus: ## nominative/vocative...
5Latin-illusUsed to form adjectives from nouns
6Latin-lusAlternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix
7Proto-Italic-elos—
8Proto-Indo-European-e-lós—
9Proto-Indo-European-lósForms agent nouns from verbal roots
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