Etymology

sympatry

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Today it means: The use of the same (or overlapping) geographical areas, by populations of related species, without interbreeding. Full definition →

First used 1903Ancient Greek σύν
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσύν“with, in company with, together with”
  2. English todaysympatry

From Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with, in company with, together with”) + πᾰτρῐ́ς (pătrĭ́s, “fatherland”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσύν all →

synaesthesiasyncytiumsympoiesissynclasticsyncopatesyncrisis

First known use, by meaning

  • from 1903 The use of the same (or overlapping) geographical areas, by populations of related species, without interbreeding.

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