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thyroparathyroidectomy
Thyroparathyroidectomy 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’
- Englishtodaythyroparathyroidectomy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
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’
- Englishtodaythyroparathyroidectomy
A compound of thyroparathyroid + -ectomy
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 the thyroid gland along with one or more parathyroid glands.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- / thyroparathyroidectomy