Etymology

dististylus

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Today it means: In mosquitoes, the distal segment of the gonopods. Full definition →

Latin distare ← Ancient Greek στῦλος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστῦλος“pillar”
  2. Latin · derived fromdistare“to stand apart”
  3. English todaydististylus

From disti-, from Latin distare (“to stand apart”) + Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “pillar”). By surface analysis, disti- + -style + Latin -us.

Words from the same roots

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