Etymology

dendritic

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Today it means: Having a branching structure similar to a tree. Full definition →

Ancient Greek δενδρίτης
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromδενδρίτης“of or pertaining to a tree”
  2. English todaydendritic

From dendrite + -ic, from Ancient Greek δενδρίτης (dendrítēs, “of or pertaining to a tree”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδενδρίτης all →

dendrite

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