-petal
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Moving toward:
表示“向前移动的，前进的”之意：
basipetal.
由顶向底的，向基的
语源
- From New Latin -petus
源自 现代拉丁语 -petus - from Latin petere [to seek] * see pet-
源自 拉丁语 petere [寻找，追求] *参见 pet-
-petal
combining form in adjective
seeking
⇒
centripetal
Origin
from New Latin -petus, from Latin petere to seek-petal
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “seeking, moving toward” that specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words:
acropetal.
Origin
< New Latin -pet(us) seeking, derivative of Latin petere to seek + -al1
Related Words
- acropetal
- basipetal
-petalan adjectival suffix meaning 'seeking', as in centripetal.
[New Latin petus seeking + -al1]-pe·tal
\_pəd.əl, _pətəl, esp Brit also |pēt-\ adjective combining form
Etymology: New Latin -petus -petal (from Latin petere to go toward, seek) + English -al — more at feather
: going toward : seeking
< acropetal >
< acropetal >