"andro-" meaning in English

See andro- in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prefix

IPA: /ændɹoʊ-/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-andro-.wav [Southern-England]
Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- From Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós), genitive of ἀνήρ (anḗr). Etymology templates: {{etymon|en|:der|grc:ᾱ̆̓νήρ<alt:ᾰ̓νδρός>|tree=1}} Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂nḗr Proto-Hellenic *anḗr Ancient Greek ᾰ̓νδρός (ăndrós)der. English andro- [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "ᾰ̓νδρός", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "id" : "man", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*h₂nḗr", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "status" : "ok", "lang_name" : "Proto-Hellenic", "term" : "*anḗr", "lang" : "grk-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "ᾱ̆̓νήρ", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "andro-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="andro-">, {{der|en|grc|ἀνδρός}} Ancient Greek ἀνδρός (andrós) Head templates: {{en-prefix}} andro-
  1. human Tags: morpheme Translations (human): ihmis- (Finnish), andro- (Finnish), andro- (Italian), andro- (Polish), andro- (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-andro--en-prefix-eaVHh2jS Categories (other): English entries with etymology trees, Pages with etymology trees Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 100 0 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 44 0 5 51 Disambiguation of 'human': 100 0
  2. man, male Tags: morpheme Translations (male): andro- (Catalan), mies- (Finnish), andro- (Finnish), andra- (Irish), andro- (Italian), andro- (Polish), andro- (Portuguese), andro- (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-andro--en-prefix-6yx-fOCd Categories (other): Male Disambiguation of Male: 0 100 Disambiguation of 'male': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: androgen, androgyne, androgynous, androgyny, android, andropause, anthro-, anthropo-
Categories (other): English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 0 0 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 0 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 0 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 0 0

Alternative forms

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