ámputo

ámputo, amputáre, amputávi, amputátum

verb, 1st conjugation

ám-pu-to · /ˈam.pu.tɔ/

to cut away, to remove

Literally to prune round about (am- for ambi-, around, and putare, to cut). The petition is surgical, not gentle.

in English amputate

external dictionary: Logeion