Where does “dicotomía” come from?
dicotomía (Spanish) comes from Ancient Greek διχοτομία, from Ancient Greek διχότομος, from Ancient Greek τέμνω, from Proto-Indo-European -né- — Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from...
dicotomía (Spanish): dichotomy
Ancestry of “dicotomía”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | διχοτομία | dividing in two; bisection, point of bisection;... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | διχότομος | cut in half, equally divided |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τέμνω | I cut, hew; I maim, wound; I butcher, sacrifice |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -né- | Forms mostly transitive imperfective verbs from... |
Words derived from “dicotomía”