Etymograph

English

germectomy

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting New Latin combining forms, from germ + -ectomy.

Formed from germ + -ectomy

Proto-Indo-European *ǵenh₁- ‘to produce’

Proto-Indo-European *ǵénh₁mn̥ ‘offspring”, “seed’

Proto-Italic *genamen

Latin germen ‘bud, seed, embryo’

Middle French germe ‘seed’

English germ

Today it means

noun Surgical removal of germs of wisdom teeth, which are immature forms of the teeth that do not have deep roots yet.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / germectomy