English Explanatory Dictionary

nucleo-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Forming words pertaining to nuclei.
  2. Forming words pertaining to the cell nucleus or to nucleic acid.
  3. Forming words pertaining to atomic nuclei.

Word forms

nucleo-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *knuks Latin nux Latin nucleuslbor. English nucleus English nucleo- Formed from nucleus, from Latin nucleus (“kernel, core”), a diminutive of nux (“nut”).

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