Etymology

xenonatomy

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Today it means: The study of alien anatomy. Full definition →

English anatomy ← Middle English anatomie ← Old French anatomie
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The story

  1. Proto-Hellenic*ksénwos
  2. Ancient Greekξένϝος (xénwos)
  3. Ancient Greekξένος (xénos)
  4. Englishxeno-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂en-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*aná
  7. Ancient Greekᾰ̓νᾰ́ (ănắ)
  8. Ancient Greekἀνα- (ana-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*temh₁-
  10. Ancient Greekτέμνω (témnō)
  11. Ancient Greekἀνατέμνω (anatémnō)
  12. Ancient Greekἀνατομή (anatomḗ)
  13. Latinanatomia
  14. Old Frenchanatomie
  15. Middle Englishanatomie
  16. Englishanatomy
  17. English todayxenonatomy

From xeno- + anatomy.

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