The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐκτομή“excision”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδάκτυλος“finger”
- English todaydactylectomy
From dactyl- + (from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos, “finger”)) + -ectomy (from Ancient Greek ἐκτομή (ektomḗ, “excision”)).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδάκτυλος all →
datedactylsyndactylycamptodactyly-dactyldactyliographydactylitisdactylo-dactylomancydactyloscopydactylousdactylygonodactyloidmacrodactylicparadactyltetradactyltridactylzygodactylous
Ancient Greekἐκτομή all →
-ectomy
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.