Where does “morphological” come from?
Morphological comes from English morphology combined with the suffix -ic, derived from Ancient Greek μορφή (form) and Latin -icus, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
morphological (English): Of, or pertaining to, morphology
Definitions
- Of, or pertaining to, morphology
Ancestry of “morphological”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | morphology | A scientific study of form and structure, usually... |
| 2 | French | morphologie | morphology |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “morphological”
- morphologically
- geomorphological
- micromorphological
- histomorphological
- geomorphologically
- pathomorphological
- ecomorphological
- cytomorphological
- macromorphological
- nonmorphological
- immunomorphological
- metamorphological
- extramorphological
- micromorphologically
- macromorphologically
- ichnomorphological
- osteomorphological
- monomorphological
- lexicomorphological
- phytomorphological
- morphologicalized
- agromorphological
- biomorphological
- clinicomorphological