Etymology

omo-

Today it means: Of or pertaining to the shoulder and scapula. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὦμος
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omo- · prefix1

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὦμος“the shoulder”
  2. English todayomo-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὦμος (ômos, “the shoulder”). By surface analysis, om- + -o-.

omo- · prefix2

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὠμός
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromὠμός
  3. English todayomo-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὠμός (ōmós, “raw, crude, uncooked”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὦμος all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.