The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλιθοτόμον“instrument for cutting the bladder”
- English todaylithotome
From Ancient Greek λιθοτόμον (lithotómon, “instrument for cutting the bladder”), neuter of λιθοτόμος (lithotómos, “stone-cutting”), equivalent to litho- + -tome.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.