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Where does “morph” come from?

Morph comes from Ancient Greek μορφή, meaning form or shape.

morph (English): A physical form representing some morpheme in...

Definitions

  1. A physical form representing some morpheme in...

Ancestry of “morph”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmorphismAn arrow in a category; an abstraction that...
2EnglishisomorphismSimilarity of form; A one-to-one correspondence
3EnglishISOA disk image of an ISO 9660 file system ; also...
4Greekίσοςequal; having equal rights
5Ancient Greekἴσοςequal , equivalent , the same as; equal to ; ...
6Ancient Greekδάκτυλοςfinger; measure of length, the breadth of a...
7Hebrewדקלpalm tree; date; dachshund
8GermanDackeldachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
9GermanDachshunddachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset...
10GermanDachsbadger; genitive singular of Dach
11Old High Germandahs—
12Proto-West Germanicþahsbadger
13Proto-Germanicþahsuzbadger
14Proto-Indo-Europeantótḱus—
15Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
16Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “morph”

  • morphable
  • metamorphize
  • intermorph
  • morphare
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