Where does “amputation” come from?

Amputation comes from Middle French amputation, from Latin amputatio, meaning the act of cutting off.

amputation (English): surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc;...

Definitions

  1. surgical removal of all or part of a limb, etc;...

Ancestry of “amputation”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchamputation—
2Latinamputatiopruning, lopping off
3LatinamputoI prune, cut off; I curtail, shorten
4Latinambi-around, about
5Latinambōboth
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂m̥bʰiaround, on either side of, about; in exchange...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂n̥tbʰi—
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

Words derived from “amputation”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts →