"-coccus" meaning in English

See -coccus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ˈkɒk.əs/, [-ˈkʰɑkəs] [US] Forms: -cocci [plural]
enPR: -kŏk′əs Rhymes: -ɒkəs Etymology: Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos)bor. Latin coccum New Latin coccuslbor. English coccus English -coccus From coccus, a learned borrowing from New Latin coccus, from Latin coccum (“a berry yielding a scarlet dye”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”), possibly from Pre-Greek. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:from|coccus|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos)bor. Latin coccum New Latin coccuslbor. English coccus English -coccus [Appendix:Glossary#learned_borrowing|Learned borrowing]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "seed", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "id" : "seed", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "is_uncertain" : true, "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "lang_name" : "Pre-Greek", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "qsb-grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "κόκκος", "gloss" : "grain, seed, berry", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "coccum", "gloss" : "a berry yielding a scarlet dye", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "New Latin", "term" : "coccus", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la-new" } ], "keyword" : "lbor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "coccus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-coccus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="-coccus"> From coccus, a learned borrowing from New Latin coccus, from Latin coccum (“a berry yielding a scarlet dye”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”), possibly from Pre-Greek., {{ety|en|:from|coccus|text=++|tree=1}} Etymology tree Pre-Greekder.? Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos)bor. Latin coccum New Latin coccuslbor. English coccus English -coccus From coccus, a learned borrowing from New Latin coccus, from Latin coccum (“a berry yielding a scarlet dye”), borrowed from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed, berry”), possibly from Pre-Greek. Head templates: {{en-noun|-cocci}} -coccus (noun-forming suffix, plural -cocci)
  1. Any spherical microorganism. Tags: morpheme Related terms: coccus Translations (any spherical microorganism): -coque [masculine] (French), -კოკი (-ḳoḳi) (Georgian), -coccus (Hungarian), -còcco [masculine] (Italian), ـکوک (-kok) (Persian), -coc (Romanian), -kok (Turkish)

Inflected forms

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