English
eminectomy
From eminence + -ectomy.
Formed from eminence + -ectomy
Proto-Indo-European *men-
Latin ēminēns ‘eminent, distinguished, notable’
Latin ēminentia ‘prominence”, “protuberance”’
Old French eminence
English eminence
Today it means
noun excision of the articular eminence
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / eminectomy