Etymology

taenioid

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Today it means: Shaped like a ribbon; ribbonlike. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ταινία
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromταινία“band, ribbon”
  2. English todaytaenioid

From Ancient Greek ταινία (tainía, “band, ribbon”) + -oid. By surface analysis, taen- + -ioid.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekταινία all →

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