Where does “-ectomia” come from?

-ectomia (Italian) comes from Ancient Greek ἐκτομή, from Ancient Greek ἐκτέμνω, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

-ectomia (Italian): -ectomy

Definitions

  1. -ectomy

Ancestry of “-ectomia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἐκτομήa cutting out; a segment
2Ancient Greekἐκτέμνωto cut out; to castrate; to divide, zone
3Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
4Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

Words derived from “-ectomia”

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