Where does “cheratom” come from?
cheratom (Romanian) comes from English keratome, from English Tomé, from Middle French tome, from Latin tomus, from Ancient Greek τόμος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
cheratom (Romanian): keratoma
Definitions
- keratoma
Ancestry of “cheratom”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | keratome | A surgical instrument for dividing the cornea in... |
| 2 | English | Tomé | One in a series of volumes |
| 3 | Middle French | tome | — |
| 4 | Latin | tomus | a section of a larger work; a volume |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τόμος | slice, piece; piece of land; frustum |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |