Where does “lipectomy” come from?
lipectomy (English) comes from English lip, from German lippe, from Yiddish ליפּ, from Middle High German lippe, from Old High German *lippa, from Proto-Germanic *lippjō.
lipectomy (English): The surgical removal of fat from the body
Definitions
- The surgical removal of fat from the body
Ancestry of “lipectomy”, step by step
lipectomy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English lip
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | lip | Either of the two fleshy protrusions around the... |
| 2 | German | lippe | lip |
| 3 | Yiddish | ליפּ | lip |
| 4 | Middle High German | lippe | — |
| 5 | Old High German | *lippa | — |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *lippjō | — |
via English ectomy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ectomy | Any operation involving surgical excision or... |
| 2 | English | -ectomy | Excision of; Surgical removal of |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἐκτομή | a cutting out; a segment |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἐκτέμνω | to cut out; to castrate; to divide, zone |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέμνω | I cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -né- | Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from... |