Etymograph

English

toco-

Toco- comes from Ancient Greek τόκος ‘childbirth’, from τίκτω ‘I beget’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teḱ-1‘beget, bring forth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*títḱeti1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tíktō1‘to beget’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτίκτω2tíktō‘I beget’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόκος3tókos‘childbirth’
  6. Englishtodaytoco-3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τίκτω
  2. 2 Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τόκος
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English toco-

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*teḱ-Wiktionary, Ancient Greek τίκτω‘beget, bring forth’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*títḱetiWiktionary, Ancient Greek τίκτωreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*tíktōWiktionary, Ancient Greek τίκτω‘to beget’reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτίκτωWiktionary, Ancient Greek τόκοςtíktō‘I beget’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτόκοςWiktionary, English toco-tókos‘childbirth’
  6. Englishtodaytoco-Wiktionary, English toco-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *teḱ- ‘beget, bring forth’

text, tectonic, thane, 9 more

Today it means

prefix Relating to childbirth.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “toco-”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Ancient Greek τίκτω, Ancient Greek τόκος. 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 *teḱ- / toco-

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