Etymology

staphylo-

Today it means: Pertaining to a microorganism cluster with a grape-like arrangement. Full definition →

Ancient Greek σταφυλή
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσταφυλή“bunch of grapes”
  2. English todaystaphylo-

From Ancient Greek σταφυλή (staphulḗ, “bunch of grapes”). By surface analysis, staphyl- + -o-.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσταφυλή all →

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