Where does “mastectomia” come from?

mastectomia (Catalan) comes from Catalan -ectomia, from Ancient Greek ἐκτομή, from Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

mastectomia (Catalan): mastectomy

Definitions

  1. mastectomy

Ancestry of “mastectomia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalan-ectomia-ectomy
2Ancient Greekἐκτομήa cutting out; a segment
3Ancient Greekἐκτέμνωto cut out; to castrate; to divide, zone
4Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
5Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -né- →Every word from Ancient Greek τέμνω →Every word from Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω →