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pharyngeal

The origin and history of pharyngeal.

Etymology

Pharyngeal derives from Late Latin pharyngeus, itself formed from the Greek-derived word pharynx, meaning the throat, with the adjective-forming ending -eus. The English word then took the standard adjectival suffix -al.

Origin: Late Latin, from Greek

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