Where does “dichotomie” come from?
dichotomie (Dutch) comes from French dichotomie, from Ancient Greek διχοτομία, from Ancient Greek διχότομος, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...
Ancestry of “dichotomie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | dichotomie | dichotomy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | διχοτομία | dividing in two; bisection, point of bisection;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | διχότομος | cut in half, equally divided |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τέμνω | I cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -né- | Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from... |