Where does “laparotomía” come from?

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

laparotomía (Spanish): laparotomy

Definitions

  1. laparotomy

Ancestry of “laparotomía”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-tomía-tomy
2Ancient Greekτομίαcutting; cut
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 Spanish -tomía →