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

Definitions

  1. tmesis

Ancestry of “tmèse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatintmēsisThe separation of a word, tmesis
2Ancient Greekτμῆσιςcutting
3Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
4Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

Words derived from “tmèse

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -né-Every word from Ancient Greek τέμνωEvery word from Ancient Greek τμῆσις
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