-colous
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Having a specified kind of habitat:
住在（生在）…的：居住条件特殊的：
arenicolous.
生活在沙中的
语源
- From Latin -cola [tiller, inhabitant] * see k wel- 1
源自 拉丁语 -cola [农夫，居民] *参见 k wel- 1
-colous
combining form in adjective
inhabiting or living on
⇒
arenicolous
Origin
from Latin -cola inhabitant + -ous; related to colere to inhabit-colous
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “inhabiting” the thing or place specified by the initial element, used in the formation of compound words:
nidicolous.
Origin
< Latin -col(a), combining form representing colere to inhabit (cf. colonus) + -ous
Related Words
- arenicolous
- calcicole
- canicola fever
- cavernicolous
- corticolous
- culmicolous
-colousa word element indicating habitat.
[Latin colere inhabit + -ous]-colous
adjective combining form
arenicolous
adjective combining form
ETYMOLOGY Latin -cola inhabitant; akin to Latin colere to inhabit — more at wheel
: living or growing in or onarenicolous
-colous
cultivate, inhabit:
cultivate, inhabit:
arenicolous
ORIGIN: from Latin -colus inhabiting, from colere inhabit: see -ous
-co·lous
\k(ə)ləs\ adjective combining form
Etymology: Latin -cola inhabitant + English -ous; akin to Latin colere to cultivate, inhabit — more at wheel
: living or growing in or on
< arenicolous >
< saxicolous >
< arenicolous >
< saxicolous >
-colous
Suffix
- Having a specified habitat.
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -colous