cauterize

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκαυτηριάζω“to brand”
2. Late Latin · derived fromcauterizō“to burn with a hot iron”
3. Middle French · borrowed fromcauteriser
4. English todaycauterize

From Middle French cauteriser, from Late Latin cauterizō (“to burn with a hot iron”), from Ancient Greek καυτηριάζω (kautēriázō, “to brand”), from καυτήρ (kautḗr, “branding iron”), from καίω (kaíō, “to burn”).