英语词汇“Indo-European root: tem-”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

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Indo-European root: tem-

释义

‌‌tem-
Also temə-.
To cut. (oldest form *temh₂‑).

Form *temə‑. Nasalized form *t(e)m-n-ə‑. tmesis, tome, -tome, -tomy; acrotomophilia, anatomy, apotemnophilia, atom, diatom, dichotomy, entomo-, epitome, from Greek temnein, to cut, with o-grade forms tomos, cutting, a cut, section, volume, and tomē, a cutting.
Form *tem‑.
1. Suffixed form *tem-lo‑. temple¹, temple³; contemplate, from Latin templum, temple, shrine, open place for observation (augury term < "place reserved or cut out"), small piece of timber.
2. Extended root *tem-d‑ becoming *tend‑ in o-grade suffixed (iterative) form *tond-eyo‑. tonsorial, tonsure, from Latin tondēre, to shear, shave.

[Pokorny 1. tem‑ 1062.]

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