ostraco-comb. form

Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. ostracophore n.

Forms: before a vowel ostrac-.

Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek ὀστρακο-, ὄστρακον.

Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀστρακο-, combining form (in e.g. ὀστρακόδερμος : see ostracoderm n. and adj.) of ὄστρακον ostracon n.; compare -o- connective.First attested in ostracology n. in the first half of the 19th cent. Apart from that it occurs in words which have their ultimate origin in scientific Latin; only a small number of these are English formations. Compare French ostraco- (formations in which are found sporadically from the late 18th cent.; compare e.g. ostracoderme ostracodermous adj.), scientific Latin ostraco- (formations in which are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent.).

Forming words with the sense ‘hard shell’.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	ostraco-
释义	ostraco-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. ostracophore n. Forms: before a vowel ostrac-. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek ὀστρακο-, ὄστρακον. Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀστρακο-, combining form (in e.g. ὀστρακόδερμος : see ostracoderm n. and adj.) of ὄστρακον ostracon n.; compare -o- connective.First attested in ostracology n. in the first half of the 19th cent. Apart from that it occurs in words which have their ultimate origin in scientific Latin; only a small number of these are English formations. Compare French ostraco- (formations in which are found sporadically from the late 18th cent.; compare e.g. ostracoderme ostracodermous adj.), scientific Latin ostraco- (formations in which are found from at least the first half of the 19th cent.). Forming words with the sense ‘hard shell’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < comb. form
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