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Where does “unresectability” come from?

unresectability (English) comes from English resectability, from English resect, from Latin resectus, from Latin reseco, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.

unresectability (English): inability to be resected

Definitions

  1. inability to be resected

Ancestry of “unresectability”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishresectabilityA measure of the expected benefits of a resection
2EnglishresectTo remove by surgical means
3Latinresectuscurtailed
4LatinresecoI cut off or loose; I curtail, stop; I check,...
5Latinrĕ-—
6Latinprōdūcō—
7Latinprō-—
8Proto-Italic*pro-—
9Proto-Indo-Europeanpro-toward, forward
10Proto-Indo-Europeanpor-to give birth; forward, through; going, passage
11Proto-Indo-Europeanper-before, in front; first; to go through
12Proto-Indo-Europeanpr̥tóspassed , crossed
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