Where does “coloboma” come from?

coloboma (English) comes from Ancient Greek κολόβωμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

coloboma (English): An abnormal hole present from birth in one of the...

Definitions

  1. An abnormal hole present from birth in one of the...

Ancestry of “coloboma”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekκολόβωμαthe part taken away in mutilation
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek κολόβωμα →