Where does “litotom” come from?

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

litotom (Romanian): lithotome

Definitions

  1. lithotome

Ancestry of “litotom”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishlithotomeA mineral resembling a cut gem, formed that way...
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 →