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neuroanatomic

Neuroanatomic comes from Latin anatomicus ‘anatomist’, from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή ‘dissection’, and ultimately from ἀνατέμνω ‘to cut open’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνατέμνω1anatémnō‘to cut open’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνατομή1anatomḗ‘dissection’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanatomia2‘anatomy’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanatomicus3‘anatomist’
  5. English1500–presentanatomic3
  6. Englishtodayneuroanatomic3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin anatomia
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Latin anatomicus
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English neuroanatomic

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνατέμνωWiktionary, Latin anatomiaanatémnō‘to cut open’
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀνατομήWiktionary, Latin anatomiaanatomḗ‘dissection’
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanatomiaWiktionary, Latin anatomicus‘anatomy’
  4. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEanatomicusWiktionary, English neuroanatomic‘anatomist’
  5. English1500–presentanatomicWiktionary, English neuroanatomic
  6. EnglishtodayneuroanatomicWiktionary, English neuroanatomic

Linked words

through Latin anatomia ‘anatomy’

anatomy, anatomist, 19 more

Today it means

adj Of or pertaining to the anatomy of the nervous system

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “neuroanatomic”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin anatomia, Latin anatomicus. 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.

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