Where does “hemimaxillectomy” come from?
hemimaxillectomy (English) comes from English maxillectomy, from English maxilla, from Latin maxilla, from Latin -illa, from Latin -illus, from Latin -lus, from Proto-Italic -elos, from Proto-Indo-European -e-lós — Forms agent nouns from verbal roots.
hemimaxillectomy (English): removal of half of the maxilla
Definitions
- removal of half of the maxilla
Ancestry of “hemimaxillectomy”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | maxillectomy | surgical removal of the maxilla |
| 2 | English | maxilla | Either of the two bones that together form the... |
| 3 | Latin | maxilla | jaw, jawbone, bone of the upper jaw; lower part... |
| 4 | Latin | -illa | inflection of -illus: ## nominative/vocative... |
| 5 | Latin | -illus | Used to form adjectives from nouns |
| 6 | Latin | -lus | Alternative form of -ulus; diminutive suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | -elos | Forms desubstantival and deadjectival diminutive nouns |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -e-lós | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -lós | Forms agent nouns from verbal roots |