zó-
Irish
Alternative forms
- zói- (used before a slender consonant)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).
Prefix
zó-
- zoo-
- zó- + eolaíocht (“science”) → zó-eolaíocht (“zoology”)
- zó- + planctón (“plankton”) → zóplanctón (“zooplankton”)
- zó- + spór (“spore”) → zóspór (“zoospore”)
Derived terms
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Further reading
- "zó(i)-" in Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
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