Etymology

cormoid

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Today it means: Of or relating to corm or corms. Full definition →

Latin cornus ← Ancient Greek κορμός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκορμός
  2. Latin · derived fromcornus
  3. English todaycormoid

From corm + -oid, from Latin cornus, from Ancient Greek κορμός (kormós).

Words from the same roots

Latincornus all →

cornelcornus

Ancient Greekκορμός all →

cormcormo-cormophytecormusmacrocormicnanocormia

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