Etymology

mesopredator

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Today it means: A medium-sized predator which often increases in abundance when larger predators are eliminated. Full definition →

English predator ← Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos) ← Proto-Hellenic *métsos
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*métsos
  6. Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
  7. Englishmeso-
  8. Englishpredator
  9. English todaymesopredator

From meso- + predator.

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