English
cystectomy
Cystectomy comes from Late Latin cystis, and goes back to Ancient Greek κύστις ‘bladder’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύστιςkústis‘bladder’
- Late Latinmoderncystis
- English1500–presentcyst‘bladder’
- Englishtodaycystectomy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύστιςkústis‘bladder’
- Late Latinmoderncystis
- English1500–presentcyst‘bladder’
- Englishtodaycystectomy
A compound of cyst ‘bladder’ + -ectomy ‘surgical removal’
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
church, jail, cave, cage, kirk, cavity, excavation, hound, gaol, cumulus, excavate, cajole, caul, cavil, 41 more
through Ancient Greek κύστις ‘bladder’
Today it means
noun The removal of the bladder; the removal of a cyst
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κύστις / cystectomy