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Where does “anatomie” come from?

anatomie (French) comes from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομία, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή, from Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

anatomie (French): anatomy; anatomy; dissection; dissection; study

Definitions

  1. anatomy; anatomy; dissection; dissection; study

Ancestry of “anatomie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinanatomiaanatomy
2Ancient Greekἀνατομία—
3Ancient Greekἀνατομήa cutting up, especially of an animal or person,...
4Ancient GreekἀνατέμνωI cut up; to cut up
5Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
6Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

Words derived from “anatomie”

  • anatomy
  • anatomist
  • neuroanatomy
  • atomy
  • microanatomy
  • pathoanatomy
  • neuroanatomist
  • anatomiless
  • anatomism
  • microanatomist
  • pathoanatomist
  • eigenanatomy
  • xenonatomy
  • morphoanatomy
  • anatomique
  • anatomiste
  • anatomiquement
  • anatomiser
  • anatomik
  • anatomist
  • anatomic
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