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
- A colectomy involving the removal of only the...
Ancestry of “hemicolectomy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | colectomy | The surgical procedure to remove all or part of... |
| 2 | English | cōl | — |
| 3 | French | cōl | — |
| 4 | Old French | cōl | — |
| 5 | Latin | collum | neck, throat; upper stem of a plant; servitude |
| 6 | Latin | -is | suffixed to the root of nouns in composition,... |
| 7 | Latin | -a | suffixed to the roots of verbs, forms agent... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -ā | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂ | — |