prefix
Meaning 1
optical spectra.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
spectro-
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *speḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *spéḱyeti Proto-Italic *spekjō Latin speciō Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-trom Proto-Italic *-trom Latin -trum Latin spectrumbor. English spectrum English spectro- From spectrum.
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Dutch: spectro- — forming words relating to optical spectra
- Finnish: spektro- — forming words relating to optical spectra
- French: spectro- — forming words relating to optical spectra
- Greek: φασματο- (fasmato-) — forming words relating to optical spectra
- Irish: speictri- — forming words relating to optical spectra
- Norwegian Bokmål: spektro- — forming words relating to optical spectra
- Norwegian Nynorsk: spektro- — forming words relating to optical spectra
- Polish: spektro- — forming words relating to optical spectra