Where does “breast reduction” come from?
breast reduction (English) comes from English reduction, from Middle English reduccion, from Old French reducion, from Latin reductio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus, from Latin disserere — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
breast reduction (English): The operation performed to reduce the volume of breast tissue
Definitions
- The operation performed to reduce the volume of breast tissue
Ancestry of “breast reduction”, step by step
breast reduction traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English reduction
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | reduction | The act, process, or result of reducing; The... |
| 2 | Middle English | reduccion | — |
| 3 | Old French | reducion | — |
| 4 | Latin | reductio | A bringing back, a leading back; A restoring,... |
| 5 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 6 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 7 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 8 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 9 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 10 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 11 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English breast
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | breast | Either of the two organs on the front of a female... |
| 2 | Middle English | brest | chest, thorax; The breast in several contexts;... |
| 3 | Old English | brēost | chest |
| 4 | Proto-West Germanic | breust | breast, chest |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | breustą | breast, chest |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰrews- | to break |