orycto-comb. form

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

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

Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀρυκτός dug up (compare τὰ ὀρυκτά things dug up) < ὀρυχ-, stem of ὀρύσσειν to dig up ( < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit lu(ñ)c- to pluck, tear, classical Latin runcāre to weed, hoe, and perhaps Latvian rūkēt to grub up) + -τός, suffix forming verbal adjectives.Attested from the mid 18th cent. in a small number of English formations and adaptations of foreign words, earliest in oryctology n. and oryctography n. Compare post-classical Latin orycto- (formations in which are found from at least the first half of the 17th cent.), French orycto- (formations in which are found from at least the mid 18th cent.), and German orykto- (formations in which are found from at least the late 18th cent.). Combined with second elements of Greek origin.

Now rare.

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Forming terms with the senses ‘fossil’, ‘mineral’.

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

单词	orycto-
释义	orycto-comb. form Stress is usually determined by a subsequent element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. oryctognosy n. Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek ὀρυκτός. Etymology: < ancient Greek ὀρυκτός dug up (compare τὰ ὀρυκτά things dug up) < ὀρυχ-, stem of ὀρύσσειν to dig up ( < the same Indo-European base as Sanskrit lu(ñ)c- to pluck, tear, classical Latin runcāre to weed, hoe, and perhaps Latvian rūkēt to grub up) + -τός, suffix forming verbal adjectives.Attested from the mid 18th cent. in a small number of English formations and adaptations of foreign words, earliest in oryctology n. and oryctography n. Compare post-classical Latin orycto- (formations in which are found from at least the first half of the 17th cent.), French orycto- (formations in which are found from at least the mid 18th cent.), and German orykto- (formations in which are found from at least the late 18th cent.). Combined with second elements of Greek origin. Now rare. Categories » Forming terms with the senses ‘fossil’, ‘mineral’. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < comb. form
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