Etymology

hymenoplasty

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Today it means: Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity. Full definition →

Ancient Greek πλᾰστός (plăstós) ← Proto-Hellenic *plát͏̌t͏̌ō? ← English hymen
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The story

  1. Englishhymen
  2. Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
  3. Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
  4. Ancient Greekπλᾰ́σσω (plắssō)
  5. Ancient Greekπλᾰστός (plăstós)
  6. English todayhymenoplasty

From hymen + -o- + -plasty.

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