Where does “orchiopexy” come from?

orchiopexy (English) comes from Latin orchis, from Ancient Greek ὄρχις, from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- — testicle.

orchiopexy (English): The procedure to move an undescended testicle...

Definitions

  1. The procedure to move an undescended testicle...

Ancestry of “orchiopexy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinorchisorchid; kind of olive
2Ancient Greekὄρχιςtesticle; ovary; orchid
3Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃erǵʰi-testicle
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃erǵʰi- →Every word from Ancient Greek ὄρχις →Every word from Latin orchis →
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