Where does “mammoplastie” come from?

mammoplastie (French) comes from French -plastie, from Ancient Greek πλαστός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

mammoplastie (French): mammoplasty

Definitions

  1. mammoplasty

Ancestry of “mammoplastie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1French-plastie-plasty
2Ancient Greekπλαστόςmolded, formed; formed, moulded; artificial;...
3Ancient Greek-τόςcreates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
4Proto-Indo-European-tósCreates verbal adjectives from verb stems
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tós →Every word from Ancient Greek -τός →Every word from Ancient Greek πλαστός →