Where does “anatomy” come from?
Anatomy comes from French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομία, derived from ἀνατομή meaning the cutting up of bodies, from ἀνά meaning up and a form descended from Proto-Indo-European h₂en- and -eh₂.
anatomy (English): The art of studying the different parts of any...
Definitions
- The art of studying the different parts of any...
Ancestry of “anatomy”, step by step
anatomy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Latin anatomia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | anatomia | anatomy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατομία | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατομή | a cutting up, especially of an animal or person,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατέμνω | I cut up; to cut up |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέμνω | I cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -né- | Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from... |