Etymograph

English

meniscotomy

Meniscotomy comes from Ancient Greek τέμνω ‘to cut’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tm̥-né-h₁-tireconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέμνωtémnō‘to cut’
  4. Englishtodaymeniscotomy

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tm̥-né-h₁-tireconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέμνωtémnō‘to cut’
  4. Englishtodaymeniscotomy

A compound of meniscus + -otomy

Ancient Greek μήνη ‘moon’

Ancient Greek μηνίσκος ‘crescent’

English meniscus

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’

contempt, templar, tempestuous, 34 more

through Ancient Greek τέμνω ‘to cut’

atom, epitome, tome, toma, dichotomous, 30 more

Today it means

noun incision of the meniscus (typically of the knee)

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- / meniscotomy

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