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Where does “posterolingual” come from?

posterolingual (English) comes from English lingual, from Latin linguālis, from Latin lingua, from Latin -ula, from Proto-Indo-European -tlom, from Proto-Indo-European -trom, from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr — Derives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

posterolingual (English): Relating to, or attached to, the base of the...

Definitions

  1. Relating to, or attached to, the base of the...

Ancestry of “posterolingual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishlingualrelated to the tongue; related to language or...
2Latinlinguālis—
3Latinlinguatongue; a speech; an utterance or expression
4Latin-ularegō + API → rēgula; tegō + API → tēgula;...
5Proto-Indo-European-tlomAlternative form of *-trom
6Proto-Indo-European-tromForms nouns denoting a tool or instrument
7Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “posterolingual”

  • posterolingually
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