English Explanatory Dictionary

amylo-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. starch

Word forms

amylo- amyl-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Hellenic *ə- Ancient Greek ᾰ̓- (ă-) Proto-Indo-European *melh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *mólā Ancient Greek μῠ́λη (mŭ́lē) Ancient Greek ἄμῠλος (ámŭlos) Ancient Greek ἄμῠλον (ámŭlon)der. Latin amylum New Latinder. English amylo- From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin amylum (whence English amylum, amyl, and amyl-/amylo-).

Related words

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