φλεβότομος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- Opening veins.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek φλέψ (blood vessel) + Ancient Greek τέμνω (cut, I cut, separate).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τέμνω
Gloss
cut, I cut, separate
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -tomy English
- atom English
- syntomic English
- tomomania English
- phlebotomus Latin
- βούτομον Ancient Greek
- διχότομος Ancient Greek
- σκυτοτόμος Ancient Greek
- τέμενος Ancient Greek
- τέμνω Ancient Greek
- ταμίας Ancient Greek
- τμῆμα Ancient Greek
- τμῆσις Ancient Greek
- τομή Ancient Greek
- τόμος Ancient Greek
- φλέψ Ancient Greek
- φλεβοτώμος Ancient Greek
- ἐκτέμνω Ancient Greek
- ἐπιτέμνω Ancient Greek
- *bʰel- Proto-Indo-European
- *t(e)mp-lo-s Proto-Indo-European
- *tm̥-n-h₂- Proto-Indo-European
- -tóime Irish
- flieme Old French
- -tomia Catalan, Valencian
- Temnospondyli Translingual
- אטום Hebrew (modern)
- אטומי Hebrew (modern)