English Explanatory Dictionary

malaco-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Forms terms relating to molluscs.
  2. Soft.

Word forms

malaco- malac- malako-

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), the word that French mollusque (“mollusk”), originally from Latin mollis (“soft”) was meant to be a calque of. By surface analysis, malac- + -o-.

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