Where does “keratoma” come from?

keratoma (English) comes from English oma, from Tibetan འོ་མ, from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

keratoma (English): A horn-like tumour

Definitions

  1. A horn-like tumour

Ancestry of “keratoma”, step by step

keratoma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English oma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishomagrandmother, grandma
2Tibetanའོ་མmilk
3Tibetanmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via English kerato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishkerato

Words derived from “keratoma

Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan maEvery word from Tibetan Every word from Tibetan འོ་མ