Biology
- Copper (cu)
Term: copper (Cu)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to Cyprus island ?Origin??????/Cypros(=Cyprus island) probably from the Greek word for cypress (cyparissos/??????????) or for henna plant (cypros/??????). The earliest attested reference was written in...
- Hyster-
Term: hyster - Origin: Latin hystericus "of the womb," from Ancient Greek ??????/hystera (=womb, uterus) . Coined: According Soranus (1st/2nd century) a Greek physician (gynecologist, obsetrician, and pediatrician) from Ephesus in...
- Mucus And Muco-
Term: mucus and muco- as preffix Origin: Latin mucus Proto-Indo-European *meu-k- (=slimy, slippery). Gognate included also Ancient Greek word ????? (mikes)(=mushroom). Coined: - Definition: a slippery or slimy and colloid secretion...
- Fungus
Word: fungus (pl fungi) Origin: Latin fungus (mushroom) < Greek word sphongos/??????? (=sponge) because of the fungi appearance, Coined: Horace (65 BC ? 8 BC), and Pliny (23 AD ? 79AD), Definition: eukaryotic organisms...
- Hybrid
Word: hybrid Origin: Ancient Greek from ?????/hyvris (=haughtiness, insolence) as every hybrid was considered as an insult against nature Coined: Definition an organism resulting from a cross between genetically unlike individuals. Hybrids between...
Biology
anthropo-
Term: anthropo-
Origin: Anc Greek
????/anthr- is for ????-/an(?)r, a strenghtened form of the stem ????-, of which the nom. is ???? (attic)(=a man) and -???? is from Gk. ??/ops, gen. ????/opos (=eye, face). In Mycenaean language, the most ancient written form of the Greek language that has been discovered (16th-11th cen BC) the word was identified as a-to-ro-qo.
Coined: -
Definition:
prefix meaning: 'having a human face,' a human being.
Runon derivatives :
anthropometric, anthropoid, anthropology, anthropogenic, anthropography, anthropomorphic
comments:
the corresponding latin word is "homo"
- Copper (cu)
Term: copper (Cu)Literally meaning: ?pertaining to Cyprus island ?Origin??????/Cypros(=Cyprus island) probably from the Greek word for cypress (cyparissos/??????????) or for henna plant (cypros/??????). The earliest attested reference was written in...
- Hyster-
Term: hyster - Origin: Latin hystericus "of the womb," from Ancient Greek ??????/hystera (=womb, uterus) . Coined: According Soranus (1st/2nd century) a Greek physician (gynecologist, obsetrician, and pediatrician) from Ephesus in...
- Mucus And Muco-
Term: mucus and muco- as preffix Origin: Latin mucus Proto-Indo-European *meu-k- (=slimy, slippery). Gognate included also Ancient Greek word ????? (mikes)(=mushroom). Coined: - Definition: a slippery or slimy and colloid secretion...
- Fungus
Word: fungus (pl fungi) Origin: Latin fungus (mushroom) < Greek word sphongos/??????? (=sponge) because of the fungi appearance, Coined: Horace (65 BC ? 8 BC), and Pliny (23 AD ? 79AD), Definition: eukaryotic organisms...
- Hybrid
Word: hybrid Origin: Ancient Greek from ?????/hyvris (=haughtiness, insolence) as every hybrid was considered as an insult against nature Coined: Definition an organism resulting from a cross between genetically unlike individuals. Hybrids between...