Where does “anatomía” come from?
anatomía (Asturian) comes from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομία, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή, from Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...
anatomía (Asturian): anatomy
Ancestry of “anatomía”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | anatomia | anatomy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατομία | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατομή | a cutting up, especially of an animal or person,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατέμνω | I cut up; to cut up |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέμνω | I cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -né- | Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from... |