Where does “tomophobia” come from?

tomophobia (English) comes from English tomo-, from Ancient Greek τόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

tomophobia (English): An unusual fear of surgeries or medical procedures involving cutting

Definitions

  1. An unusual fear of surgeries or medical procedures involving cutting

Ancestry of “tomophobia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtomo-sections; cutting
2Ancient Greekτόμοςslice, piece; piece of land; frustum
3Ancient Greek-όςForms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -ós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ός →Every word from Ancient Greek τόμος →