Where does “pædomorphic” come from?
pædomorphic (English) comes from English morphic, from English morph, from English morphism, from English isomorphism, from English ISO, from Greek ίσος, from Ancient Greek ἴσος, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος — badger.
pædomorphic (English): Alternative spelling of pedomorphic
Definitions
- Alternative spelling of pedomorphic
Ancestry of “pædomorphic”, step by step
pædomorphic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English morphic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | morphic | Of or pertaining to shape or form; morphological;... |
| 2 | English | morph | A physical form representing some morpheme in... |
| 3 | English | morphism | An arrow in a category; an abstraction that... |
| 4 | English | isomorphism | Similarity of form; A one-to-one correspondence |
| 5 | English | ISO | The International Organization for Standardization |
| 6 | Greek | ίσος | equal; having equal rights |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἴσος | equal (to); equivalent (to); consistent (to); agreement (to) |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | δάκτυλος | finger; measure of length, the breadth of a... |
| 9 | Hebrew | דקל | palm tree; date; dachshund |
| 10 | German | Dackel | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 11 | German | Dachshund | dachshund; a similar-looking dog, e.g. a basset... |
| 12 | German | Dachs | badger; genitive singular of Dach |
| 13 | Old High German | dahs | — |
| 14 | Proto-West Germanic | þahs | badger |
| 15 | Proto-Germanic | þahsuz | badger |
via English paedo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | paedo | A paedophile; paedophilia; Paedophile,... |
| 2 | English | paedophile | Standard spelling of pedophile in the British... |
| 3 | English | pædo- | Obsolete spelling of paedo-; child |
| 4 | English | ‐o‐ | — |
| 5 | English | -prim | Used to form names of trimethoprim derivatives acting as |
| 6 | English | trimethoprim | A synthetic antibiotic used to treat malaria and... |
| 7 | English | trimethoxy | Three methoxy groups in a molecule |
| 8 | English | methoxy | The univalent radical CH-O- derived from methanol |
| 9 | English | oxy- | Sharp, keen, acute, pungent, acid; Concerning... |
| 10 | English | oxygen | The chemical element with an atomic number of 8... |
| 11 | French | oxygène | oxygen; inflection of oxygéner: ##... |
| 12 | Ancient Greek | γένος | offspring, descendant; family, clan; nation, race |
| 13 | Proto-Hellenic | génos | family; race |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁os | race, lineage |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |