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Where does “dermatomyotome” come from?

dermatomyotome (English) comes from English myotome, from English Tomé, from Middle French tome, from Latin tomus, from Ancient Greek τόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

dermatomyotome (English): The myotome of the somite wall

Definitions

  1. The myotome of the somite wall

Ancestry of “dermatomyotome”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmyotomeIn vertebrate embryonic development, a group of...
2EnglishTomé—
3Middle Frenchtome—
4Latintomusa section of a larger work; a volume
5Ancient Greekτόμοςslice, piece; piece of land; frustum
6Ancient Greek-ός—
7Proto-Hellenic*-os—
8Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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