myria-
combining form
indicating a very great number
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myriapod
Origin
from Greek murios countlessmyria-
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “10,000,” used especially in the names of metric units equal to 10,000 of the unit denoted by the base word:
myriagram; myriameter.
Origin
combining form representing Greek mȳriás ten thousand; see myriad
Related Word
- myriapod
1804 Ann. Reg. 612A bridge..will shorten the route from Paris to Cherbourg by some myriameters.
1810 Naval Chron. XXIV. 301Myriagram = 20 lb. 7 oz. 58 gr.
Ibid. ,Myriar, square killometer.
1811 P. Kelly Univ. Cambist I. 154The words Decagramme, Hectogramme, Kilogramme, and Myriagramme, express 10, 100, 1,000, 10,000 Grammmes.
Ibid. II. 268Myriometre... Myriolitre... Myriogramme.
1871 C. Davis MetricSyst. i. 11The myriametre, equal to nearly 6 and one-fourth miles.
1856 Mayne Expos. Lex. ,Myriacanthus,..that which has numerous spines, as the Bouria myriacantha,..myriacanthous.
Ibid. ,Myriamerus... Applied by Blainville to the Chetopoda, which have many segments, rings, or articulations,..myriamerous.
Ibid. ,Myrianthus... Having very numerous flowers, as the Hypericum myrianthum: myrianthous.
1882 Ogilvie, Myriacanthous,..myriad-spined; specifically, of or belonging to the genus Myriacanthus.
ORIGIN: from Greek murias , murios , or murioi : see myriad
myria-
combining form
Etymology: French, from Greek myrios — more at myriad
1. : ten thousand
< myriacoulomb >
— especially in terms belonging to the metric system
< myriagram >
< myrialiter >
2. : myri-
< Myriapoda >
1.
< myriacoulomb >
— especially in terms belonging to the metric system
< myriagram >
< myrialiter >
2.
< Myriapoda >
myria-
Etymology
From French myria-, ultimately from Ancient Greek μυρίος (muríos, “ten thousand”).
Prefix
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- innumerable: myriad, myriapod
- (obsolete) In the metric systems of units, multiplying the unit to which it is attached by 10,000. Symbol: my