Where does “amygdalectomie” come from?

amygdalectomie (French) comes from French -ectomie, from Ancient Greek ἐκτομή, from Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

amygdalectomie (French): tonsillectomy

Definitions

  1. tonsillectomy

Ancestry of “amygdalectomie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-ectomie-ectomy
2Ancient Greekἐκτομήa cutting out; a segment
3Ancient Greekἐκτέμνωto cut out; to castrate; to divide, zone
4Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
5Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -né- →Every word from Ancient Greek τέμνω →Every word from French -ectomie →