Where does “tricótomo” come from?

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

tricótomo (Spanish): trichotomous

Definitions

  1. trichotomous

Ancestry of “tricótomo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanish-tomo-tome
2Ancient Greek-τόμον—
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 -tomo →