dendr-
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δένδρον (déndron, “tree”).[1]
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dĕn.dr, IPA(key): /dɛn.dɹ/
Prefix
dendr-
- Used to form words concerning trees or branching
Derived terms
English terms prefixed with dendr-
terms coined with the prefix dendr-
- dendrachate
- dendranatomy (obsolete)
- dendranthropology (nonce)
- dendrochronology →
- dendroclastic
- dendroclimatic
- dendroclimatology
- dendrocœl(e), dendrocœlan, dendrocœlous (zoölogy)
- dendrocolaptine (ornithology)
- dendrodentine
- dendrodont (palæontology and zoölogy)
- dendrogram
- dendrography → dendrograph(ic)
- dendroheliophallic
- dendrolatry
- dendrolite
- dendrology →
- dendrologic(al)
- dendrologist
- dendrologous
- dendrometer
- dendrophil
- dendrophilia
- dendrophilous (chiefly botany)
- dendrophobia
- dendrostyle (zoölogy)
Translations
References
- “dendro-” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd Ed.; 1989]
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