Etymograph

English

postcricoid

Postcricoid comes from Ancient Greek κρῐκοειδής ‘ring-shaped’, from Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’, and ultimately from *weyd- ‘to see’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-1‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydos1‘seeing’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéidos1reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἶδος1eîdos
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκρῐκοειδής1krĭkoeidḗs‘ring-shaped’
  6. New Latinmoderncricoīdēs1
  7. English1500–presentcricoid1
  8. Englishtodaypostcricoid1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English postcricoid

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*weyd-Wiktionary, English postcricoid‘to see’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*wéydosWiktionary, English postcricoid‘seeing’reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*wéidosWiktionary, English postcricoidreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEεἶδοςWiktionary, English postcricoideîdos
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκρῐκοειδήςWiktionary, English postcricoidkrĭkoeidḗs‘ring-shaped’
  6. New LatinmoderncricoīdēsWiktionary, English postcricoid
  7. English1500–presentcricoidWiktionary, English postcricoid
  8. EnglishtodaypostcricoidWiktionary, English postcricoid

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *weyd- ‘to see’

guy, story, video, idea, review, visit, provide, evidence, interview, advice, vision, guide, witness, wisdom, visa, advise, invisible, historic, wit, wizard, evident, visibility, historian, wisely, witty, vista, revise, guise, prudent, envious, unwise, prudence, revue, improvise, avis, purview, druid, vide, twit, voyeur, 103 more

through Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’

wise, 47 more

through Proto-Hellenic *wéidos

eidolon, steroidal, 47 more

through Ancient Greek εἶδος

idol, tabloid, steroid, hypothyroidism, idyll, hyperthyroidism, parathyroid, thyroxine, trapezoid, hyoid, thyroiditis, colloid, sigmoid, 49 more

Today it means

adj Behind the cricoid cartilage

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “postcricoid”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *weyd- / postcricoid

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