lyso-

English

prefix

Definitions

lysis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek λύσις (a loosening, loosening, breaking loose).

Origin

Ancient Greek

λύσις

Gloss

a loosening, loosening, breaking loose

Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-lysis English
lysocline English
lysis Latin
lysosome French
-lisis Spanish, Castilian
κατάλυσις Ancient Greek
λύσις Ancient Greek
λύω Ancient Greek
-lyse Norwegian Bokmål
-lyse Norwegian Nynorsk
-lýza Czech
λύση Greek (modern)