Etymograph

English

thyroparathyroidectomize

Thyroparathyroidectomize 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-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-1‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tm̥-né-h₁-ti1reconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέμνω2témnō‘to cut’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐκτέμνω2ektémnō‘to cut down trees, fell, cut to shape’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐκτομή2ektomḗ‘a cutting out’
  6. English1500–presentthyroparathyroidectomy2
  7. Englishtodaythyroparathyroidectomize2

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τέμνω
  2. 2 Wiktionary, English thyroparathyroidectomize

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*temh₁-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τέμνω‘to cut’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tm̥-né-h₁-tiWiktionary, Ancient Greek τέμνωreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέμνωWiktionary, English thyroparathyroidectomizetémnō‘to cut’
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐκτέμνωWiktionary, English thyroparathyroidectomizeektémnō‘to cut down trees, fell, cut to shape’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἐκτομήWiktionary, English thyroparathyroidectomizeektomḗ‘a cutting out’
  6. English1500–presentthyroparathyroidectomyWiktionary, English thyroparathyroidectomize
  7. EnglishtodaythyroparathyroidectomizeWiktionary, English thyroparathyroidectomize

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *temh₁- ‘to cut’

contempt, templar, tempestuous, 34 more

through Ancient Greek τέμνω ‘to cut’

atom, epitome, tome, toma, dichotomous, 30 more

Today it means

verb To perform thyroparathyroidectomy upon.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “thyroparathyroidectomize”; 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- / thyroparathyroidectomize