Where does “tracheostomal” come from?
tracheostomal (English) comes from English tracheostoma, from English stoma, from English -y, from Middle English -y, from Old English -iġ, from Proto-West Germanic -g, from Proto-Germanic -gaz, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.
tracheostomal (English): Relating to, or as a result of a tracheostomy; relating to a tracheostoma
Definitions
- Relating to, or as a result of a tracheostomy; relating to a tracheostoma
Ancestry of “tracheostomal”, step by step
tracheostomal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tracheostoma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tracheostoma | An opening into the trachea as a result of tracheostomy |
| 2 | English | stoma | One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf... |
| 3 | English | -y | Added to nouns and adjectives to form adjectives... |
| 4 | Middle English | -y | Designates an adjective, in many cases formed by... |
| 5 | Old English | -iġ | -y, -ic |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | -g | Forms adjectives from nouns and verbs with a... |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | -gaz | -y |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |