Etymograph

English

supracricoid

Supracricoid 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. Englishtodaysupracricoid1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English supracricoid

Lineage

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

Linked words

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

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

through Proto-Indo-European *wéydos ‘seeing’

wise, 47 more

through Proto-Hellenic *wéidos

steroidal, eidolon, 47 more

through Ancient Greek εἶδος

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

Today it means

adj Above the cricoid cartilage

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “supracricoid”. 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- / supracricoid

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