Where does “underoperate” come from?
underoperate (English) comes from English operate, from Latin operātus, from Latin operor, from Latin opera, from Latin Opus, from Ancient Greek Ὀποῦς, from Ancient Greek ὀπός, from Proto-Indo-European sokʷós — to follow; to see; to say.
underoperate (English): To perform too few surgical operations
Definitions
- To perform too few surgical operations
Ancestry of “underoperate”, step by step
underoperate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English operate
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | operate | To perform a work or labour; to exert power or... |
| 2 | Latin | operātus | having worked, laboured, toiled |
| 3 | Latin | operor | I work, labor |
| 4 | Latin | opera | work, exertion, effort; service; care, attention... |
| 5 | Latin | Opus | The capital city of the Locri and birthplace of Patroclus |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Ὀποῦς | Opus, Greece |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ὀπός | juice, vegetable/plant juice; fig-juice |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | sokʷós | juice of plants |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | sekʷ- | to follow; to see; to say |