English Explanatory Dictionary

anthraco-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Alternative form of anthra- (for derivatives of anthracene).
  2. Coal.
  3. Charcoal.

Word forms

anthraco- anthrac-

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from New Latin anthracites, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax), whence also Latin anthrax, whence English anthrax (because the black eschars of that disease are named for their resemblance to coals). By surface analysis, anthrac- + -o-.

Related words

anthracite anthrax semianthracite
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