phlebotomy

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφλεβοτόμος“that opens a vein”
2. Late Latin · derived fromphlebotomia
3. Old French · derived fromflebothomie
4. English todayphlebotomy

From Old French flebothomie (French phlébotomie), from Late Latin phlebotomia, from Ancient Greek φλεβοτόμος (phlebotómos, “that opens a vein”), from φλέψ (phléps, “vein”). By surface analysis, phlebo- + -tomy.