Biology
/å????? (=real) + ????(=say)
- Brain
Term: brain Origin: ancient Greek bregma(=front part of the head), Old High German bregman, old English braegen Coined: 16th century Definition: part of nervous system contained in the skull of vertebrates Runon derivatives : comments: the...
- 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...
- Ganglion
Word: ganglion Origin: Greekencysted tumour ; knot Coined: - Definition: tissue mass, most commonly a mass of nerve cells bodies in peripheral nervous system (PNS) Runon derivatives : comments: ...
- 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
etymology
Word: etymology
Origin: Greek
Coined: -
Definition:
the origin and historical development of a linguistic form
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comments:
- Brain
Term: brain Origin: ancient Greek bregma(=front part of the head), Old High German bregman, old English braegen Coined: 16th century Definition: part of nervous system contained in the skull of vertebrates Runon derivatives : comments: the...
- 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...
- Ganglion
Word: ganglion Origin: Greekencysted tumour ; knot Coined: - Definition: tissue mass, most commonly a mass of nerve cells bodies in peripheral nervous system (PNS) Runon derivatives : comments: ...
- 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...