Where does “tmetic” come from?

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

tmetic (English): Pertaining to tmesis

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to tmesis

Ancestry of “tmetic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtmesisThe insertion of one or more words between the...
2LatintmēsisThe separation of a word, tmesis
3Ancient Greekτμῆσιςcutting
4Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
5Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

Words derived from “tmetic”

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