Where does “dentatectomy” come from?
dentatectomy (English) comes from English dentate, from Latin Dentatus, from Latin dēns, from Italian dente, from Latin dens, from Proto-Italic dents, from Proto-Indo-European h₃dónts, from Proto-Indo-European h₁ed- — to eat.
dentatectomy (English): Destruction of the dentate nucleus of the cerebellum
Definitions
- Destruction of the dentate nucleus of the cerebellum
Ancestry of “dentatectomy”, step by step
dentatectomy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dentate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dentate | Having teeth or toothlike projections; serrated,... |
| 2 | Latin | Dentatus | toothed, having teeth |
| 3 | Latin | dēns | a tooth |
| 4 | Italian | dente | tooth; cog, prong |
| 5 | Latin | dens | tooth; a spike, prong, or any tooth-like... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | dents | tooth |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃dónts | tooth |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁ed- | to eat |
via English ectomy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ectomy | Any operation involving surgical excision or... |
| 2 | English | -ectomy | Excision of; Surgical removal of |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐκτομή | a cutting out; a segment |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐκτέμνω | to cut out; to castrate; to divide, zone |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέμνω | I cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -né- | Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from... |