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Where does “throated” come from?

Throated comes from Old English -od, from Proto-Germanic -ōdaz, from Proto-Indo-European trud- meaning to push or thrust, with the suffix -tós forming an adjective.

throated (English): Having, or using the specified form of throat;...

Definitions

  1. Having, or using the specified form of throat;...

Ancestry of “throated”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishthroatThe front part of the neck; The gullet or...
2Middle Englishthrotethroat
3Old Englishþrotethroat
4Old Englishþrota—
5Proto-Germanicþrutǭswell
6Proto-Indo-Europeanster-sterile, infertile

Words derived from “throated”

  • white-throated hawk
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