Where does “cistotom” come from?

cistotom (Romanian) comes from English cystotome, from English -tome, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

cistotom (Romanian): cystotome

Definitions

  1. cystotome

Ancestry of “cistotom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcystotomeA knife or instrument used in cystotomy
2English-tomeAn instrument for cutting; A section or segment
3Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
4Proto-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 English -tome →