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Where does “nasal” come from?

nasal (French) comes from Latin nāsālis, from Latin nāsus, from Latin -ō, from Proto-Indo-European -ō — Derives nouns from roots.

nasal (French): nasal

Definitions

  1. nasal

Ancestry of “nasal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinnāsālis—
2Latinnāsus—
3Latin-ō—
4Proto-Indo-European-ōDerives nouns from roots

Words derived from “nasal”

  • nasal
  • intranasal
  • paranasal
  • sinonasal
  • nasally
  • vomeronasal
  • nasality
  • postnasal
  • intranasally
  • nasalization
  • hypernasality
  • transnasal
  • endonasal
  • frontonasal
  • oronasal
  • hypernasal
  • retronasal
  • nonnasal
  • transnasally
  • hyponasal
  • subnasal
  • inferonasal
  • perinasal
  • prenasal
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