-nemasuffix

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Forms: 1800s– -nema, 1800s– -neme.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νῆμα.

Etymology: < ancient Greek νῆμα thread (see nemato- comb. form). Compare post-classical Latin and scientific Latin -nema, French -nema, German -nema.With initial elements chiefly of ancient Greek origin; earlier formations (second half of 19th cent.) are from scientific Latin, e.g. protonema n., while subsequent formations are mostly after earlier German or French coinages, e.g. treponema n., pachynema n.

Biology.

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Forming nouns denoting thread-like structures, as paranema n., protonema n., strepsinema n.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020).

单词	-nema
释义	-nemasuffix Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this suffix and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Forms: 1800s– -nema, 1800s– -neme. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek νῆμα. Etymology: < ancient Greek νῆμα thread (see nemato- comb. form). Compare post-classical Latin and scientific Latin -nema, French -nema, German -nema.With initial elements chiefly of ancient Greek origin; earlier formations (second half of 19th cent.) are from scientific Latin, e.g. protonema n., while subsequent formations are mostly after earlier German or French coinages, e.g. treponema n., pachynema n. Biology. Categories » Forming nouns denoting thread-like structures, as paranema n., protonema n., strepsinema n. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < suffix
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