Where does “stylomaxillary” come from?
stylomaxillary (English) comes from English stylo, from English Style, from English -oid, from Latin -oides, from Greek -ο, from Ancient Greek εἶδος, from Spanish -scopio, from Latin -scopium — to see, to look, to observe.
stylomaxillary (English): Of or relating to the styloid process and the...
Definitions
- Of or relating to the styloid process and the...
Ancestry of “stylomaxillary”, step by step
stylomaxillary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English stylo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | stylo | Any of the genus "Stylosanthes" of flowering... |
| 2 | English | Style | pseudonym of {{w|Neil Strauss}} in the seduction... |
| 3 | English | -oid | Of similar form to, but not the same as. Having... |
| 4 | Latin | -oides | -like, -form |
| 5 | Greek | -ο | ending for accusative singular forms (eg δρόμος, ψήφος); and some vocative singular forms |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | εἶδος | That which is seen: form, image, shape;... |
| 7 | Spanish | -scopio | -scope |
| 8 | Latin | -scopium | — |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | σκοπέω | I look, look at, behold; I examine, inspect; 413... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | σκοπός | watcher, lookout; protector, guardian; spy, scout |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | σκέπτομαι | I look at, examine; I examine, consider, think |
| 12 | Proto-Hellenic | sképťomai | to look at |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | spéḱyeti | to be looking at, to keep looking at |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | speḱ- | to see, to look, to observe |
via English maxillary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maxillary | Of or relating to the jaw or jawbone; The upper... |
| 2 | Latin | maxillāris | of or pertaining to the jaw; maxillary |
| 3 | Latin | maxilla | jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw; lower part... |
| 4 | Latin | -illa | inflection of -illus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |