Where does “myotomic” come from?
myotomic (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...
myotomic (English): Pertaining to myotomes
Ancestry of “myotomic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | myotome | In vertebrate embryonic development, a group of... |
| 2 | English | Tomé | — |
| 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 | — |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |