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Where does “hemicolectomy” come from?

hemicolectomy (English) comes from English colectomy, from English cōl, from French cōl, from Old French cōl, from Latin collum, from Latin -is, from Latin -a, from Proto-Italic -ā.

hemicolectomy (English): A colectomy involving the removal of only the...

Definitions

  1. A colectomy involving the removal of only the...

Ancestry of “hemicolectomy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcolectomyThe surgical procedure to remove all or part of...
2Englishcōl—
3Frenchcōl—
4Old Frenchcōl—
5Latincollumneck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude
6Latin-issuffixed to the root of nouns in composition,...
7Latin-asuffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent...
8Proto-Italic-ā—
9Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—
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