English Explanatory Dictionary

seismo-

English dictionary entry

Meanings

prefix
  1. Pertaining to an earthquake.

Word forms

seismo-

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tweys- Proto-Indo-European *twéys-e-ti Proto-Hellenic *tséihō Ancient Greek σείω (seíō) Proto-Indo-European *-mos Proto-Indo-European *-mós Ancient Greek -μός (-mós) Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós) English seismo- From Ancient Greek σεισμός (seismós, “earthquake”).

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