English
frenotomy
From frenum + -otomy.
Formed from frenum + -otomy
Proto-Indo-European *dʰer- ‘to support’
Proto-Indo-European *dʰr-eh₁-nom
Proto-Italic *θrēnom
Proto-Italic *frēnom
Latin frēnum ‘bridle, curb, bit’
English frenum
Today it means
noun The surgical cutting of the frenum.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / frenotomy