Etymology

-carpous

Today it means: Having a specified number or type of fruit or fruiting bodies or part thereof. Full definition →

Ancient Greek καρπός
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκαρπός“fruit, grain”
  2. English today-carpous

From -carp + -ous. From Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit, grain”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekκαρπός all →

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