adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
sternothyroīdeus
STERNOTHYROIDEVSSTERNOTHYROIDEASTERNOTHYROIDEVM
sternothyroīdeus (feminine sternothyroīdea, neuter sternothyroīdeum)
Classical[stɛr.nɔ.tʰy.roˈiː.de.ʊs]Ecclesiastical[ster.no.ti.roˈiː.de.us]
Meaning
- New Latinadjectiverelationalsternothyroid
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*ster-
- Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
- Latinsternothyroīdeus
Proto-Indo-European *stér(h₃)-no-mder.
Ancient Greek στέρνον (stérnon)bor.
Latin sternum
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer-der.
Proto-Hellenic *tʰurā
Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ (thŭ́rā)
Ancient Greek -εος (-eos)
Ancient Greek θῠρεός (thŭreós)
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Proto-Hellenic *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής (thŭreoeidḗs)bor.
Latin thyreoīdēs
Latin -eus
Latin sternothyroīdeus
From sternum (“the breastbone”) + -o- + thyreoīdēs (“shield-shaped”) + -eus (adjectival suffix). Doublet of sternothyreoīdēs.