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
Ancestry of “vasectomia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Portuguese | vaso | vessel; vase; toilet |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | vaso | — |
| 3 | Latin | vāsum | — |
| 4 | Latin | -um | nominative neuter singular of -us; accusative... |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | *-om | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | *-oHom | — |