Etymology

eigenanatomy

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Today it means: A mathematical approximation of the eigendecomposition of an image Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eh₂óyḱe
  3. Proto-Germanic*aiganą
  4. Proto-Germanic*aiganaz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*aigan
  6. Old High Germaneigan
  7. Middle High Germaneigen
  8. Germaneigen
  9. Englisheigen-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*aná
  12. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
  13. Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
  14. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  15. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  16. Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
  17. Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
  18. Latinanatomia
  19. Old Frenchanatomie
  20. Middle Englishanatomie
  21. Englishanatomy
  22. English todayeigenanatomy

From eigen- + anatomy.

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