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Where does “pedomorphism” come from?

pedomorphism (English) comes from English morphism, from English isomorphism, from English ISO, from Greek ίσος, from Ancient Greek ἴσος, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος, from Hebrew דקל, from German Dackel — to sire, beget.

pedomorphism (English): the retention, by an adult, of juvenile...

Definitions

  1. the retention, by an adult, of juvenile...

Ancestry of “pedomorphism”, 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 “pedomorphism”

  • paedomorphism
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