Where does “vasectomia” come from?

vasectomia (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese vaso, from Old Portuguese vaso, from Latin vāsum, from Latin -um, from Proto-Italic *-om, from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom.

vasectomia (Portuguese): vasectomy

Definitions

  1. vasectomy

Ancestry of “vasectomia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Portuguesevasovessel; vase; toilet
2Old Portuguesevaso—
3Latinvāsumdish, vessel
4Latin-umnominative neuter singular of -us; accusative...
5Proto-Italic*-om—
6Proto-Indo-European*-oHom—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European *-oHom →Every word from Latin -um →Every word from Latin vāsum →