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Guest Posted 21 years ago
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Where did the word anatomy come from, its history, orgin, any thing?
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Hello Guest 'Anatomy' ultimately derives from the Greek word anatémnein , meaning 'to cut open', and first recorded in Herodotus. It came into English in the C14, via the late Latin word 'anatomia'. g.
- Hello Guest 'Anatomy' ultimately derives from the Greek word anatémnein , meaning 'to cut open', and first recorded in Herodotus.
- It came into English in the C14, via the late Latin word 'anatomia'.
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- in Donne's 'Anatomy') was usually 'a thing cut up into its constituent parts'.
- In the C17, the modern meaning ('the science of cutting things up') began to predominate.
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Hello Guest
'Anatomy' ultimately derives from the Greek word anatémnein, meaning 'to cut open', and first recorded in Herodotus. It came into English in the C14, via the late Latin word 'anatomia'.
Its meaning in Elizabethan literature (e.g. in Donne's 'Anatomy') was usually 'a thing cut up into its constituent parts'. In the C17, the modern meaning ('the science of cut
'Anatomy' ultimately derives from the Greek word anatémnein, meaning 'to cut open', and first recorded in Herodotus. It came into English in the C14, via the late Latin word 'anatomia'.
Its meaning in Elizabethan literature (e.g. in Donne's 'Anatomy') was usually 'a thing cut up into its constituent parts'. In the C17, the modern meaning ('the science of cut
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OED says this word first appeared in English documents in 1398. "Anatomy is a craft and a science to know the members and limbs of the body be set, ordered and distinguished." (Bartholomew's De Proprietatibus Rerum, translated by Trevisa in 1495). The word came into English from Latin 'anatomia' or Old French 'anatomie'. The word origin was, however, in Greek 'anatomia' (cutti
OED says this word first appeared in English documents in 1398. "Anatomy is a craft and a science to know the members and limbs of the body be set, ordered and distinguished." (Bartholomew's De Proprietatibus Rerum, translated by Trevisa in 1495). The word came into English from Latin 'anatomia' or Old French 'anatomie'. The word origin was, however, in Greek 'anatomia' (cutti
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No problem at all, Paco – I was hoping you would see this and add the OED's account!
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