dendrite
Meaningtree-like
Common meaning: a branching nerve fibre
- dendra tree; an oakLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 332 · scan
- iteadjective ending (Latin past participle -itus)
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
- US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
Origin: Built on Greek δένδρον; δρῦς ‘a tree; an oak’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry δένδρον, p. 332 · dictionary scan
Roots
- δένδρον; δρῦς Greek “a tree; an oak”
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