Etymology

morpho

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Today it means: Any of the genus Morpho of large tropical American butterflies. Full definition →

translingual Morpho ← Ancient Greek μορφώ
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromμορφώ“the Shapely One”
  2. translingual · borrowed fromMorpho
  3. English todaymorpho

From the genus name, translingual Morpho, from Ancient Greek μορφώ (morphṓ, “the Shapely One”) (a name of Aphrodite).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.