Etymology

orchidectomy

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Today it means: Synonym of orchiectomy. Full definition →

Latin orchis ← Ancient Greek ὄρχις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄρχις“orchid, testicle”
  2. Latin · derived fromorchis
  3. English todayorchidectomy

From Latin orchis (wrongly interpreting orchid- as the stem), from Ancient Greek ὄρχις (órkhis, “orchid, testicle”) + -ectomy.

Words from the same roots

Latinorchis all →

orchidorchiscryptorchidorchiopexy

Ancient Greekὄρχις all →

orchidorchisorchitisanorchiaorchialgiaorchotomy

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.