Where does “tonsillotomy” come from?

tonsillotomy (English) comes from English tonsil, from Latin tonsillae, from Proto-Italic *tonslilā, from Proto-Italic tonslis, from Proto-Indo-European ten- — to stretch, to extend.

tonsillotomy (English): The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an...

Definitions

  1. The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an...

Ancestry of “tonsillotomy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishtonsilEither of a pair of small masses of lymphoid...
2Latintonsillaetonsils
3Proto-Italic*tonslilā—
4Proto-Italictonslis—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanten-to stretch, to extend
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