Where does “λαιμητόμος” come from?

λαιμητόμος (Greek) comes from Ancient Greek τομή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

λαιμητόμος (Greek): guillotine

Definitions

  1. guillotine

Ancestry of “λαιμητόμος”, step by step

λαιμητόμος traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek τομή

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτομήintersection
2Ancient Greek-ήsuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
3Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
4Proto-Indo-European-éh₂—

via Ancient Greek λαιμός

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekλαιμόςthroat, gullet
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂ →Every word from Ancient Greek -ή →Every word from Ancient Greek -ᾱ →