English
thyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy comes from Ancient Greek ἐκτομή ‘a cutting out’, from ἐκτέμνω ‘to cut down trees, fell, cut to shape’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tm̥-né-h₁-tireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέμνωtémnō‘to cut’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐκτέμνωektémnō‘to cut down trees, fell, cut to shape’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐκτομήektomḗ‘a cutting out’
- Englishtodaythyroidectomy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*tm̥-né-h₁-tireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέμνωtémnō‘to cut’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐκτέμνωektémnō‘to cut down trees, fell, cut to shape’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἐκτομήektomḗ‘a cutting out’
- Englishtodaythyroidectomy
A compound of thyroid + -ectomy
Proto-Indo-European *dʰwer- ‘door’
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Ancient Greek θῠ́ρᾱ ‘door’
Ancient Greek θῠρεός ‘an oblong shield’
Ancient Greek θῠρεοειδής ‘shield-shaped’
New Latin thyreoīdēs ‘Shaped like a shield’
English thyroid
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’
contempt, templar, tempestuous, 34 more
through Ancient Greek τέμνω ‘to cut’
Today it means
noun The surgical removal of part or all of the thyroid gland.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- / thyroidectomy