Where does “-tomo” come from?

-tomo (Spanish) comes from Ancient Greek -τόμον, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

-tomo (Spanish): -tome

Definitions

  1. -tome

Ancestry of “-tomo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-τόμον—
2Ancient GreekτέμνωI cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice
3Proto-Indo-European-né-Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...

Words derived from “-tomo”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -né- →Every word from Ancient Greek τέμνω →Every word from Ancient Greek -τόμον →