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Where does “anthropotomical” come from?

anthropotomical (English) comes from English anthropotomy, from English anthropo-, from Ancient Greek Ἄνθρωπος, from Latin -us, from Old Latin -os, from Proto-Italic -os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

anthropotomical (English): Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of...

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to anthropotomy, or the dissection of...

Ancestry of “anthropotomical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishanthropotomyThe anatomy or dissection of the human body;...
2Englishanthropo-Forming words related to men or people
3Ancient GreekἌνθρωπος—
4Latin-ussuffix forming adjectives from nouns, verbs,...
5Old Latin-osaccusative masculine plural of -us
6Proto-Italic-os—
7Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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