Etymology

anatomist

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Today it means: One who studies, teaches, writes on, or does research on anatomy and anatomical structures. Full definition →

English anatomy ← Middle English anatomie ← Old French anatomie
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The story

  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 todayanatomist

From anatomy + -ist.

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