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Where does “tomographic” come from?

Tomographic derives from English tomography, combining Ancient Greek τέμνω meaning "to cut" and γράφω meaning "to write," via Latin -icus and Proto-Indo-European roots.

tomographic (English): Of or pertaining to imaging by the method of...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to imaging by the method of...

Ancestry of “tomographic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
2EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
3Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
4Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
5Spanishimagenimage
6Italianimmagineimage; imago
7Latinimāginem—
8Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
9Latinīn-—
10Latinîn—
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “tomographic”

  • microtomographic
  • tomographically
  • cryotomographic
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →