-dromous
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Running; moving:
跑动的；运动的：
catadromous.
下海产卵的
语源
- From New Latin -dromus
源自 现代拉丁语 -dromus - from Greek -dromos
源自 希腊语 -dromos - from dromos [act of running]
源自 dromos [跑的行为]
-dromous
combining form in adjective
moving or running
⇒
anadromous
⇒
catadromous
Origin
via New Latin from Greek -dromos, from dromos a running-dromous
Word Origin
1
a combining form used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -drome.
Origin
-drome + -ous
Related Word
- catadromous
-dromousa word element forming an adjective termination corresponding to -drome, as in anadromous, catadromous.
[-drom(e) + -ous]-dromous
adjective combining form
catadromous
adjective combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -dromus, from Greek -dromos (akin to Greek dramein)
: runningcatadromous
-dro·mous
\_drəməs\ adjective combining form
Etymology: New Latin -dromus, from Greek -dromos — more at -drome
: running
< catadromous >
< catadromous >
-dromous
Suffix
- running or moving in a specified manner
Etymology
From Ancient Greek δρόμος (drómos, “race, running”) + -ous.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -dromous