Where does “anatomist” come from?
Anatomist comes from English anatomy plus the Latin suffix -ista, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομία, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή meaning dissection, derived from ἀνά and a root from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-.
anatomist (English): One who studies, teaches, writes on, or does...
Definitions
- One who studies, teaches, writes on, or does...
Ancestry of “anatomist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | anatomy | The art of studying the different parts of any... |
| 2 | Latin | anatomia | anatomy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατομία | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατομή | a cutting up, especially of an animal or person,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατέμνω | I cut up; to cut up |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τέμνω | I cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -né- | Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from... |
Words derived from “anatomist”