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Where does “dimorphic” come from?

Dimorphic comes from English -morphic, from English -ic, from French -ique, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European -kos, an adjectival suffix of uncertain ultimate origin.

dimorphic (English): occurring or existing in two different forms;...

Definitions

  1. occurring or existing in two different forms;...

Ancestry of “dimorphic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmorphicOf or pertaining to shape or form; morphological;...
2EnglishmorphA physical form representing some morpheme in...
3EnglishmorphismAn arrow in a category; an abstraction that...
4EnglishisomorphismSimilarity of form; A one-to-one correspondence
5EnglishISOA disk image of an ISO 9660 file system ; also...
6Greekίσοςequal; having equal rights
7Ancient Greekἴσοςequal , equivalent , the same as; equal to ; ...
8Ancient Greekδάκτυλοςfinger; measure of length, the breadth of a...
9Hebrewדקלpalm tree; date; dachshund
10GermanDackeldachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
11GermanDachshunddachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
12GermanDachsbadger; genitive singular of Dach
13Old High Germandahs—
14Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
15Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger

Words derived from “dimorphic”

  • nondimorphic
  • isodimorphic
  • subdimorphic
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