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Where does “toracotomía” come from?

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

toracotomía (Spanish): thoracotomy

Definitions

  1. thoracotomy

Ancestry of “toracotomía”, 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...
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