retrotracheal

Etymology tree
Proto-Italic *wre-
Proto-Italic *wretrō
Latin retrōder.
English retro-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰreh₂gʰ-
Proto-Indo-European *dʰréh₂gʰ-us
Proto-Hellenic *tʰrākʰús
Ancient Greek τρᾱχεῖᾰ (trākheîă)bor.
Late Latin trāchīa
Medieval Latin trāchēader.
Middle English
English trachea
Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.?
Proto-Italic *-ālis
Latin -ālisbor.
Old French -albor.
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Latin -ālis
Old French -elbor.
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Latin -ālisbor.
Middle English -al
English -al
English tracheal
English retrotracheal
From retro- + tracheal.