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1. archaeo-, comb. form View full entry 1865
... Greek ἀρχαιο- comb. form of ἀρχαῖος ancient, primitive (ἀρχή beginning). Formerly, and still occas., spelt archaio-. In compounds and derivatives, as archaeology...
2. Assyro-, comb. form View full entry 1835
...combining form of Assyrian (Assyrian), as Assyro-Babylonian...
3. astro-, comb. form View full entry 1652
...Forming terms relating to stars, other celestial objects, or outer space....
4. aver-, comb. form View full entry 1253-1378
...? corn paid as a feudal due or in lieu of service....
5. crio-, comb. form View full entry 1809
...Ancient Hist. With reference to a ram's head....
6. cyclo-, comb. form View full entry 1823
...Combining form of Greek κύκλος circle (see cycle), occurring in many technical terms; e.g....
7. diplo-, comb. form View full entry 1750
...before a vowel dipl-, combining form of Greek διπλόος, διπλοῦς twofold, double, occasional in ancient Greek, now used in many scientific terms; e.g. Bot.,...
8. Gallo-, comb. form1 View full entry 1601
...In classical Latin it occurs only in Gallo-græci, Gauls who went east and settled in Asia Minor; also Gallo-græcia, the country inhabited by these Gauls, Galatia....
9. Graeco- | Greco-, comb. form View full entry 1667
...mod. combining form of Latin GræcusGreek Like other comb. forms of ethnic adjs. (as Anglo-, Celto-, Franco-, Gallo-, Turco-),...
10. hieˈraco-, comb. form View full entry 1716
...combining form of Greek ἱέραξ, -ᾱκος, hawk, as in hieracoˈsophicGreekσοϕία skillhieracosphinxhaɪəˈreɪkəʊsfɪŋksEgyptian Hist....
11. iso-, comb. form View full entry 18..
...(a line on a map, etc.) connecting places having equal deviation of the mean temperature (for some particular period) from the normal temperature due to the latitude; also iso-abnormal....
12. Libyo-, comb. form View full entry 1876
...comb. form of Libyan = Libyan and (something else), as Libyo-Phœnicianalso LibyphœnicianArchaeol....
13. -lithic, comb. form View full entry
...Forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or relating to stone of a specified type’, typically corresponding to nouns in -lith, as megalithic, monolithic, pelolithic,...
14. micro-, comb. form View full entry 1849
...Forming terms in which micro- indicates small (often microscopic) or relatively small size, freq. in contrast with related terms beginning with macro- or mega-....
15. -morph, comb. form View full entry
...General uses. Forming nouns with the sense ‘thing having the form or character denoted or described by the first element of the compound’....
16. osteo-, comb. form View full entry 1794
...an aneurysm within a bone....
17. palaeo- | paleo-, comb. form View full entry 1798
...Ancient, old; of or belonging to ancient times, esp. in the geological or prehistoric past. (Often opposed to analogous words in neo-.)...
18. proto-, comb. form View full entry 1576
...Prefixed to nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘earliest, original; at an early stage of development, primitive; incipient, potential’....
19. Romano-, comb. form View full entry 1745
...Forming adjectives and nouns with the sense ‘Roman and ——’, or ‘partly Roman and partly ——’ (chiefly with reference to ancient Rome)....
20. septi-, comb. form1 View full entry 1606
...comb. form of Latin septem seven, forming adjs. in Latin, several of which have analogues formed with septem-, as septiceps, septichordis (also septemchordis...
