Where does “gastrostomy” come from?

Gastrostomy comes from Ancient Greek gastḗr meaning stomach, combined with the suffix -stomy from Ancient Greek gráō meaning to scratch or scrape, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European gras-.

gastrostomy (English): The surgical procedure for making an opening in...

Definitions

  1. The surgical procedure for making an opening in...

Ancestry of “gastrostomy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgastro-of or relating to the stomach; of or relating to...
2Ancient Greekγαστήρbelly; womb; stomach, appetite
3Ancient Greek-τήρAdded to verb stems to form masculine agent nouns
4Proto-Indo-European-tḗrDerives agent nouns from verbs, denoting someone...

Words derived from “gastrostomy”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tḗr →Every word from Ancient Greek -τήρ →Every word from English gastro- →