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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: demo-, (before a vowel)dem- combining form - indicating people or population: demography
Etymology: from Greek dēmos dem•o /ˈdɛmoʊ/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. dem•os. - Music and Dancea tape recording of a new song or unknown performer, distributed for demonstration purposes.
- Informal Termsa car used for demonstration:The demo we drove handled poorly.
demo-, prefix. - demo-, like dem-, comes from Greek, where it has the meaning "people, population.'' This meaning is found in such words as: democracy, demography.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024dem•o (dem′ō),USA pronunciation n., pl. dem•os. [Informal.]- Informal Termsdemonstration (defs. 4,6).
- Informal Termsdemonstrator (def. 5).
- a phonograph record or tape recording of a new song or of one performed by an unknown singer or singing group, distributed to disc jockeys, recording companies, etc., to demonstrate the merits of the song or performer.
- 1935–40; by shortening; see -o
- Governmenta member of the Democratic party;
Democrat.
demo-, - a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, where it meant "people'' (democratic);
on this model, used in the formation of compound words (demography).
- Greek dēmo-, combining form of dêmos
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