Where does “myotomal” come from?
myotomal (English) comes from English myotome, from English Tomé, from Middle French tome, from Latin tomus, from Ancient Greek τόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
myotomal (English): Relating to a myotome
Definitions
- Relating to a myotome
Ancestry of “myotomal”, step by step
myotomal traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English myotome
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | myotome | In vertebrate embryonic development, a group of... |
| 2 | English | Tomé | One in a series of volumes |
| 3 | Middle French | tome | — |
| 4 | Latin | tomus | a section of a larger work; a volume |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τόμος | slice, piece; piece of land; frustum |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |