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Where does “temporomaxillary” come from?

temporomaxillary (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.

temporomaxillary (English): Of or pertaining to both the temple or temporal...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to both the temple or temporal...

Ancestry of “temporomaxillary”, 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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