Etymology

prosobranch

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Today it means: A gastropod with gills in front of the heart, formerly thought to belong to a single group, Prosobranchia. Full definition →

French prosobranche ← Ancient Greek πρόσω
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπρόσω“forwards”
  2. French · borrowed fromprosobranche
  3. English todayprosobranch

From French prosobranche, from Ancient Greek πρόσω (prósō, “forwards”) + βράγχια (bránkhia, “gills”). By surface analysis, proso- + -branch.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekπρόσω all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.