Etymograph

English

hymenectomy

From hymen + -ectomy.

Formed from hymen + -ectomy

Proto-Indo-European *syewH- ‘to sew’

Ancient Greek ὑμήν ‘skin’

Late Latin hymēn

Middle French hymen

English hymen

Today it means

noun Surgical excision of the hymen.

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

Etymograph / hymenectomy