saccus
English
noun
Definitions
- (botany) A bladder or wing-like structure found on the pollen grains of many species of conifer. The shape or number of the sacci on a pollen grain can help identify the species it came from.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin saccus (large bag, sack, bag, purse, a sack) derived from Ancient Greek σάκκος (sack, sackcloth, bag, bag of coarse cloth).
Origin
Ancient Greek
σάκκος
Gloss
sack, sackcloth, bag, bag of coarse cloth
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
袋
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- sacciferous English
- bisaccium Latin
- saccarius Latin
- sacceus Latin
- saccus Latin
- sacco Italian
- saccoccia Italian
- saco Spanish, Castilian
- σάκκινος Ancient Greek
- σάκκος Ancient Greek
- σακκοπήρα Ancient Greek
- σακχυφάντης Ancient Greek
- ῥυτίς Ancient Greek
- *sakkuz Proto-Germanic
- sac Old French
- sako Esperanto
- sac Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- σάκος Greek (modern)
- sach Welsh
- saco Old Portuguese
- sac Aromanian
- sac Friulian
- saco Old Spanish
- sac'h Breton
- sagh Cornish
- sacco Neapolitan