Where does “uretrectomia” come from?

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

uretrectomia (Italian): urethrotomy

Definitions

  1. urethrotomy

Ancestry of “uretrectomia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-ectomia-ectomy
2Ancient Greekἐκτομήa cutting out; a segment
3Ancient Greekἐκτέμνωto cut out; to castrate; to divide, zone
4Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
5Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -né- →Every word from Ancient Greek τέμνω →Every word from Italian -ectomia →