Where does “galvanocautery” come from?

galvanocautery (English) comes from English galvano-, from Italian Galvani, from Italian -i, from Latin -i, from Latin -ēs, from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- — he, this.

galvanocautery (English): Cautery by means of a knife or needle heated by a...

Definitions

  1. Cautery by means of a knife or needle heated by a...

Ancestry of “galvanocautery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgalvano-electricity or galvanism
2ItalianGalvani—
3Italian-iUsed with a stem to form the second-person...
4Latin-inominative/vocative masculine plural of -us;...
5Latin-ēsfirst conjugation
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁éy-he, this
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁éy- →Every word from Latin -ēs →Every word from English galvano- →