Where does “dichotomie” come from?

dichotomie (French) comes from Ancient Greek διχοτομία, from Ancient Greek διχότομος, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

dichotomie (French): dichotomy

Definitions

  1. dichotomy

Ancestry of “dichotomie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδιχοτομίαdividing in two; bisection, point of bisection;...
2Ancient Greekδιχότομοςcut in half, equally divided
3Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
4Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

Words derived from “dichotomie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -né- →Every word from Ancient Greek τέμνω →Every word from Ancient Greek διχότομος →