Where does “anatom” come from?
anatom (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål anatomi, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομία, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή, from Ancient Greek ἀνατέμνω, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...
anatom (Norwegian Bokmål): an anatomist
Ancestry of “anatom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | anatomi | anatomy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατομία | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατομή | a cutting up, especially of an animal or person,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀνατέμνω | I cut up; to cut up |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέμνω | I cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -né- | Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from... |