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Where does “ἀνατομή” come from?

ἀνατομή (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

ἀνατομή (Ancient Greek): a cutting up, especially of an animal or person,...

Definitions

  1. a cutting up, especially of an animal or person,...

Ancestry of “ἀνατομή”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekἀνατέμνωI cut up; to cut up
2Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
3Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

Words derived from “ἀνατομή”

  • anatomy
  • anatomical
  • anatomically
  • anatomist
  • neuroanatomy
  • neuroanatomical
  • electroanatomical
  • atomy
  • microanatomy
  • pathoanatomy
  • pathoanatomical
  • neuroanatomist
  • neuroanatomically
  • microanatomical
  • macroanatomical
  • anatomiless
  • unanatomical
  • morphoanatomical
  • extraanatomical
  • microanatomically
  • anatomism
  • microanatomist
  • morphoanatomically
  • xenonatomy
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