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Where does “dendrodendritic” come from?

dendrodendritic (English) comes from English dendritic, from French dendritique, from French dendrite, from Ancient Greek δενδρίτης, from Ancient Greek δένδρον, from Latin Cygnus, from Ancient Greek Κύκνος, from Latin olor — wild; wild animal.

dendrodendritic (English): Between dendrites

Definitions

  1. Between dendrites

Ancestry of “dendrodendritic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdendriticHaving a branching structure similar to a tree;...
2Frenchdendritiquedendritic
3Frenchdendrite—
4Ancient Greekδενδρίτηςof or pertaining to a tree
5Ancient Greekδένδρονtree
6LatinCygnus—
7Ancient GreekΚύκνος—
8Latinolorswan; A smell
9Ancient GreekΤιτάνTitan
10Translingual-therium—
11Ancient Greekθηρίονwild animal, beast, savage beast; a small animal,...
12Ancient Greekθήρa wild beast, beast of prey, especially a lion;...
13Proto-Hellenickʷʰḗrwild beast
14Proto-Indo-Europeanǵʰwer-wild; wild animal
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