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Where does “trioecious” come from?

trioecious (English) comes from English -oecious, from English -ous, from Middle English -ous, from Old French -us, from Latin -ōsus, from Old Latin -ōssus.

trioecious (English): Having male , female , and bisexual flowers on...

Definitions

  1. Having male , female , and bisexual flowers on...

Ancestry of “trioecious”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-oeciousForms adjectives describing the arrangement of...
2English-ousUsed to form adjectives from nouns, to denote...
3Middle English-ous—
4Old French-us-ous, used for forming adjectives
5Latin-ōsus—
6Old Latin-ōssus—
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