'arteriotomies' originates from New Latin, specifically the word 'arteriotomia', where 'arteria' meant 'artery' and 'tome' (from Greek 'temnein') meant 'cutting'.

'arteriotomia' (New Latin) derived from Greek elements 'arteria' + 'tome' and passed into Modern/Scientific Latin as 'arteriotomy', later becoming the English medical term 'arteriotomy' and its plural 'arteriotomies'.

Initially it meant 'a cutting/incision into an artery'; over time the meaning has remained essentially the same, denoting the surgical act or the incision(s) themselves.