Etymograph

English

hymenoplasty

From hymen + -o- + -plasty.

Formed from hymen + -o- + -plasty

Proto-Indo-European *syewH- ‘to sew’

Ancient Greek ὑμήν ‘skin’

Late Latin hymēn

Middle French hymen

English hymen

Today it means

noun Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.

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

Etymograph / hymenoplasty