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Where does “paedomorphism” come from?

paedomorphism (English) comes from English pedomorphism, from English morphism, from English isomorphism, from English ISO, from Greek ίσος, from Ancient Greek ἴσος, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל.

paedomorphism (English): Alternative spelling of pedomorphism

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of pedomorphism

Ancestry of “paedomorphism”, step by step

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