English
compartmentectomy
Compartmentectomy comes from Ancient Greek ἐκτομή ‘a cutting out’, from ἐκτέμνω ‘to cut down trees, fell, cut to shape’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *temh₁-.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-1‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tm̥-né-h₁-ti1reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέμνω2témnō‘to cut’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐκτέμνω2ektémnō‘to cut down trees, fell, cut to shape’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐκτομή2ektomḗ‘a cutting out’
- Englishtodaycompartmentectomy2
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τέμνω
- 2 Wiktionary, English compartmentectomy
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τέμνω‘to cut’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tm̥-né-h₁-tiWiktionary, Ancient Greek τέμνωreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέμνωWiktionary, English compartmentectomytémnō‘to cut’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐκτέμνωWiktionary, English compartmentectomyektémnō‘to cut down trees, fell, cut to shape’
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐκτομήWiktionary, English compartmentectomyektomḗ‘a cutting out’
- EnglishtodaycompartmentectomyWiktionary, English compartmentectomy
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’
contempt, templar, tempestuous, 34 more
through Ancient Greek τέμνω ‘to cut’
Today it means
noun The surgical excision of an entire fascial compartment, usually as a treatment for soft tissue sarcomas.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “compartmentectomy”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entry for Ancient Greek τέμνω. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- / compartmentectomy