Etymology

anatomism

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Today it means: The application of the principles of anatomy, as in art. Full definition →

English anatomy ← Middle English anatomie ← Old French anatomie
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anatomism · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*aná
  3. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
  4. Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  6. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  7. Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
  8. Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
  9. Latinanatomia
  10. Old Frenchanatomie
  11. Middle Englishanatomie
  12. Englishanatomy
  13. English todayanatomism

From anatomy + -ism.

anatomism · noun2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓- (ă-)
  5. Ancient Greekἀν- (an-)
  6. Englishan-
  7. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  9. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  10. Ancient Greek*τομός (*tomós)
  11. Ancient Greekἄτομος (átomos)
  12. Latinatomu
  13. Middle Frenchathome
  14. Middle Englishattome
  15. Englishatom
  16. English todayanatomism

From an- + atom + -ism.

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