-tomycomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. phlebotomy n.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin -tomia; Greek -τομία.

Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin -tomia (in e.g. phlebotomia phlebotomy n.), and its etymon (ii) ancient Greek -τομία (in e.g. ϕλεβοτομία ) < -τομος cutting (see -tome comb. form) + -ία -y suffix³.Compare French -tomie (formations in which are found from the early 17th cent.). First attested in the Middle English period in the Latin loans anatomy n. (via French) and phlebotomy n. Formations within English are found from the 17th cent.; an early example is androtomy n.

Forming numerous technical words denoting activities (chiefly branches of science or medicine) that involve cutting or dissecting, as cystotomy, lithotomy, phlebotomy, thymotomy, tracheotomy, trichotomy, zootomy, etc., or denoting actions more broadly involving division, as autotomy, dichotomy, paratomy, etc. Cf. -ectomy comb. form.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018).

单词	-tomy
释义	-tomycomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the syllable immediately preceding this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. phlebotomy n. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin -tomia; Greek -τομία. Etymology: < (i) post-classical Latin -tomia (in e.g. phlebotomia phlebotomy n.), and its etymon (ii) ancient Greek -τομία (in e.g. ϕλεβοτομία ) < -τομος cutting (see -tome comb. form) + -ία -y suffix³.Compare French -tomie (formations in which are found from the early 17th cent.). First attested in the Middle English period in the Latin loans anatomy n. (via French) and phlebotomy n. Formations within English are found from the 17th cent.; an early example is androtomy n. Forming numerous technical words denoting activities (chiefly branches of science or medicine) that involve cutting or dissecting, as cystotomy, lithotomy, phlebotomy, thymotomy, tracheotomy, trichotomy, zootomy, etc., or denoting actions more broadly involving division, as autotomy, dichotomy, paratomy, etc. Cf. -ectomy comb. form. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018). < comb. form
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