melanotis
Translingual
adjective
Definitions
- a specific epithet for a black-eared organism
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek μέλας (black, dark, dark-colored) + Ancient Greek οὖς (ear).
Origin
Ancient Greek
οὖς
Gloss
ear
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
耳
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- mela- English
- ot- English
- Melania Latin
- melanogaster Latin
- melanoleucus Latin
- melanopterus Latin
- melanothorax Latin
- pleuro- Latin
- melano- Italian
- Mélanésie French
- μέλας Ancient Greek
- μελάγχλαινος Ancient Greek
- μελάνθιον Ancient Greek
- μελάνουρος Ancient Greek
- μελαγκρανίς Ancient Greek
- μελαγκόρυφος Ancient Greek
- μελαινάς Ancient Greek
- μυοσωτίς Ancient Greek
- οὖς Ancient Greek
- ἐνώτιον Ancient Greek
- ὠτίς Ancient Greek
- ὠτογλυφίς Ancient Greek
- *h₂ṓws Proto-Indo-European
- *melh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- melanom Norwegian Bokmål
- ους Greek (modern)