| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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Appendix I
Indo-European Roots |
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| ENTRY: | tem- |
| DEFINITION: | To cut. Also tem - (oldest form *tem2-).
I. Form *tem-. Nasalized form *t(e)m-n--. tmesis, tome, –tome, –tomy; anatomy, atom, diatom, dichotomy, entomo-, epitome, from Greek temnein, to cut, with o-grade forms tomos, cutting, a cut, section, volume, and tom , a cutting.
II. 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 tondre, to shear, shave. (Pokorny 1. tem- 1062.) |
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