Where does “tmesis” come from?

tmesis (English) comes from Latin tmēsis, from Ancient Greek τμῆσις, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

tmesis (English): The insertion of one or more words between the...

Definitions

  1. The insertion of one or more words between the...

Ancestry of “tmesis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintmēsisThe separation of a word, tmesis
2Ancient Greekτμῆσιςcutting
3Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
4Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

Words derived from “tmesis”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -né- →Every word from Ancient Greek τέμνω →Every word from Ancient Greek τμῆσις →