-zooncomb. form

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

Forms: 1800s–1900s -zoön, 1800s– -zoon.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin -zoon; Greek ζῷον.

Etymology: < (i) scientific Latin -zoon (in e.g. Diplozoon Diplozoon n.), and its ultimate etymon (ii) ancient Greek ζῷον animal (see zoon n.). Compare -zoa comb. form and -zoan comb. form.Attested from the first half of the 19th cent. in both senses, earliest in borrowings and adaptations of Latin terms (e.g. entozoon n., Diplozoon n.), slightly later in formations within English (e.g. in bryozoon n., polyzoon n.). In sense 1 often after -zoa comb. form or its etymon scientific Latin -zoa. Combining with first elements ultimately of Greek origin.

Zoology.

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1. Forming nouns denoting individual members of taxonomic groups with names in -zoa, as protozoon n., sporozoon n., etc.

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2. Forming nouns denoting organisms having the morphology, mode of life, etc., specified by the first element, as epizoon n., microzoon n., etc.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	-zoon
释义	-zooncomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Forms: 1800s–1900s -zoön, 1800s– -zoon. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Partly a borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Latin -zoon; Greek ζῷον. Etymology: < (i) scientific Latin -zoon (in e.g. Diplozoon Diplozoon n.), and its ultimate etymon (ii) ancient Greek ζῷον animal (see zoon n.). Compare -zoa comb. form and -zoan comb. form.Attested from the first half of the 19th cent. in both senses, earliest in borrowings and adaptations of Latin terms (e.g. entozoon n., Diplozoon n.), slightly later in formations within English (e.g. in bryozoon n., polyzoon n.). In sense 1 often after -zoa comb. form or its etymon scientific Latin -zoa. Combining with first elements ultimately of Greek origin. Zoology. Categories » 1. Forming nouns denoting individual members of taxonomic groups with names in -zoa, as protozoon n., sporozoon n., etc. Categories » 2. Forming nouns denoting organisms having the morphology, mode of life, etc., specified by the first element, as epizoon n., microzoon n., etc. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < comb. form
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