Etymology

catachoma

C3A1T1A1C3H4O1M3A1

Today it means: A small tubercle or ridgelet located on the peripheral, inner surface of the left valve of a bivalve. Full definition →

English choma ← Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ- (kătă-) ← Proto-Hellenic *kətá
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱe?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱóm
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱm̥-th₂der.?
  4. Proto-Hellenic*kətá
  5. Ancient Greekκᾰτᾰ́ (kătắ)
  6. Ancient Greekκᾰτᾰ- (kătă-)
  7. Englishcata-
  8. Englishchoma
  9. English todaycatachoma

From cata- + choma.

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