Where does “tmesi” come from?

tmesi (Catalan) comes from Late Latin tmesis, from Ancient Greek τμῆσις, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

tmesi (Catalan): tmesis

Definitions

  1. tmesis

Ancestry of “tmesi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late LatintmesisThe separation of a word, tmesis
2Ancient Greekτμῆσιςcutting
3Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
4Proto-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 τμῆσις →