Where does “mammectomie” come from?

mammectomie (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...

mammectomie (French): mammectomy, mastectomy

Definitions

  1. mammectomy, mastectomy

Ancestry of “mammectomie”, 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...

Words derived from “mammectomie”

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