Etymology

-otomy

Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō) ← Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  3. English today-otomy

From -o- + -tomy.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.