The story
- Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
- Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
- English today-tomy
From Ancient Greek τέμνω (témnō, “I cut”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτέμνω all →
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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.