The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδι-“twice”
- English todaydioecy
From Ancient Greek δι- (di-, “twice”) + οἰκία (oikía, “house, family, tribe”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekδι- all →
di-dipody
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
dioecy
Today it means: The condition of being dioecious, namely having separate sexes, especially of plants. Full definition →
Ancient Greek δι-