Etymology

hormogonium

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Today it means: A small, motile filament, formed by some cyanobacteria, that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὁρμή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὁρμή“first movements”
  2. English todayhormogonium

From Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “first movements”) + -gonium.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὁρμή all →

hormesishormic

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