Where does “leucotomía” come from?

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

leucotomía (Spanish): leukotomy

Definitions

  1. leukotomy

Ancestry of “leucotomía”, 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 →