From Greek larynx 'upper windpipe,' of uncertain pre-Greek origin, for the throat organ that produces voice.
The hollow muscular organ in the throat containing the vocal cords, forming an air passage and producing voice.
From Greek larynx (genitive laryngos) 'the upper windpipe.' The word has no certain etymology beyond Greek, though some scholars connect it to a pre-Greek substrate word. Galen gave detailed anatomical descriptions of the larynx in the 2nd century CE. Key roots: *larynx (Pre-Greek (substrate): "throat, gullet").