Where does “tmèse” come from?
tmèse (French) comes from Latin tmēsis, from Ancient Greek τμῆσις, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...
tmèse (French): tmesis
Ancestry of “tmèse”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Latin | tmēsis | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τμῆσις | cutting |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τέμνω | I cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -né- | Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from... |