anatomy

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. English todayanatomy

From Middle English anatomie, from Old French anatomie, from Latin anatomia, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ, “dissection”, literally “cutting up”), from ἀνα- (ana-, “up”) + τέμνω (témnō, “to cut, incise”). By surface analysis, ana- + -tomy. Doublet of ottomy.

Words from the same roots