-andry
suff.(后缀)
语源
suff.(后缀)
- The condition of having a specified kind or number of husbands:
丈夫的:有特定种类或数量丈夫的状态:
monandry.
一夫制 - The condition of having a specified kind or number of stamens:
雄蕊的:有特定种类或数量雄蕊的状态:
polyandry.
多雄蕊
语源
- Greek -andria
希腊语 -andria - from anēr andr- [man] * see ner- 2
源自 anēr andr- [男子] *参见 ner- 2
-andry
combining form in countable noun
indicating number of husbands
⇒
polyandry
Origin
from Greek -andria, from anēr man-andry
Word Origin
1
a combining form occurring in nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -androus:
polyandry.
Origin
< Greek -andria. See andr-, -y3
Related Words
- misandry
- polyandry
-an·dry
\ˌandrē, ˌaan-, -ri\ noun combining form
(-es)
Etymology: New Latin -andria, from Greek, fact or condition of having (such or so many) men, from -andros + -ia -y
: possession of (such or so many) stamens
< heterandry >
< heterandry >
-andry
Suffix
- male mate(s), husband(s)
- monandry [1855], polygynandry [1962]
- man, men; male(s)
- pseudandry [1868], misandry [1898], proterandry [1922]
- male reproductive organ(s); (especially in botany): stamen(s)
- protandry [1870], synandry [1900]
Etymology
From three inextricable sources:
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -andry