Etymology

siphono-

Today it means: Forming compound terms pertaining to siphons or tubes. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σίφων
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromσίφων“siphon”
  2. English todaysiphono-

From the combining form of Ancient Greek σίφων (síphōn, “siphon”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσίφων all →

siphonsiphuncule

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.