English Explanatory Dictionary

acaro-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. mite

Word forms

acaro- acar-

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from New Latin acarus, from Ancient Greek ἄκαρι (ákari, “cheese mite, tick”), which is conventionally associated with the adjective ἀκαρής (akarḗs, “tiny, minute”) but may also be related to κάρνος (kárnos, “louse”) or κόρις (kóris, “bedbug”).

Related words

acarid
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