Where does “psychrotolerant” come from?

psychrotolerant (English) comes from English psychro-, from Ancient Greek ψυχρός, from Ancient Greek -ρός, from Proto-Indo-European -rós — Forms adjectives from Caland system roots.

psychrotolerant (English): tolerant to cold; Any organism that can tolerate...

Definitions

  1. tolerant to cold; Any organism that can tolerate...

Ancestry of “psychrotolerant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishpsychro-Cold
2Ancient Greekψυχρόςcold; cold-hearted, without feeling, lifeless;...
3Ancient Greek-ρόςable, tending to be X'ed (for a verb X); a suffix generally deriving adjectives from verbal stems
4Proto-Indo-European-rósForms adjectives from Caland system roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -rós →Every word from Ancient Greek -ρός →Every word from English psychro- →