Etymology

cystectomy

C3Y4S1T1E1C3T1O1M3Y4

Today it means: The removal of the bladder; the removal of a cyst Full definition →

Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ) ← Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ← English cyst
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁éyeti
  4. Ancient Greekκῠ́ω (kŭ́ō)?
  5. Ancient Greekκύστις (kústis)
  6. Late Latincystis
  7. Englishcyst
  8. Ancient Greekἐκ (ek)
  9. Ancient Greekἐκ- (ek-)
  10. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  11. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  12. Ancient Greekἐκτέμνω (ektémnō)
  13. Ancient Greekἐκτομή (ektomḗ)
  14. English todaycystectomy

From cyst (“bladder”) + -ectomy (“surgical removal”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.