Where does “suturectomy” come from?
suturectomy (English) comes from English suture, from Middle English suture, from Latin sūtūra, from Latin suō, from Proto-Italic sūō, from Proto-Indo-European *syewH- — to sew.
suturectomy (English): The removal of sutures
Definitions
- The removal of sutures
Ancestry of “suturectomy”, step by step
suturectomy traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English suture
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | suture | A seam formed by sewing two edges together,... |
| 2 | Middle English | suture | A suture; a seam made in surgical operations; A... |
| 3 | Latin | sūtūra | a sewing together; seam, stitch, suture |
| 4 | Latin | suō | to sew, stitch |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | sūō | sew, stitch |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *syewH- | to sew |
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... |