myrmeco-

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μύρμηκος (múrmēkos, “ant’s”), genitive of μύρμηξ (múrmēx, “ant”). Doublet of the obsolete term mire.

Prefix

myrmeco-

1. ant

Derived terms

• myrmecobinae
• myrmecobius
• myrmecofauna
• myrmecochorous
• myrmecochory
• myrmecological
• myrmecology
• myrmecophage
• myrmecophagous
• myrmecophagy
• myrmecophile
• myrmecophilous
• myrmecophily
• myrmecophobia
• myrmecophyte

References

• 'myrmeco-", in Lloyd's Encyclopaedic Dictionary, Published by Edward Lloyd, Vol. 5, 1896.
• 'myrmeco-", in Origins: A Short Etymological Dictionary of Modern English,4th Edition, by Partridge E. Staff, and Eric Partridge (Routledge, 1977) →ISBN.