zó-

See also: zo, Zo, źo, zɔ, žo, zō, zọ, zô, ȝo, zò, zo-, and zó

Irish

Alternative forms

zói- (used before a slender consonant)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).

Prefix

zó-

zoo-
‎zó- + ‎eolaíocht (“science”) → ‎zó-eolaíocht (“zoology”)

‎zó- + ‎planctón (“plankton”) → ‎zóplanctón (“zooplankton”)

‎zó- + ‎spór (“spore”) → ‎zóspór (“zoospore”)

Derived terms

Irish terms prefixed with zó-

Further reading

Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “zó(i)-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

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