Etymology

somato-

Today it means: body Full definition →

Ancient Greek σῶμᾰ (sômă) ← Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*tewh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*twoH-mn̥
  3. Proto-Hellenic*twṓmə?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*styeH-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tyoH-mn̥
  6. Proto-Hellenic*styṓmə?
  7. Ancient Greekσῶμᾰ (sômă)
  8. English todaysomato-

From Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma, “body”). Compare soma.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσῶμα all →

somaliposomeautosomeazotosomeidiosomaprosomasomatomesomatoschisis-some

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.