omphalo-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Relating to the navel.

Word forms

omphalo- omphal-

Etymology

From international scientific vocabulary, from a New Latin combining form, from Ancient Greek ὀμφαλός (omphalós, “navel”); compare also the synonymous prefix at umbilico- § Etymology; as explained at ὀμφαλός § Etymology, all of these words are cognates ultimately from the same Proto-Indo-European root.

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