Where does “tracheostomia” come from?
tracheostomia (Italian) comes from Italian -stomia, from Ancient Greek στομία, from Ancient Greek στόμα, from Proto-Indo-European stomn̥.
tracheostomia (Italian): tracheostomy
Ancestry of “tracheostomia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Italian | -stomia | — |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | στομία | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | στόμα | mouth; face; The source of a river or stream |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | stomn̥ | — |