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Alternatively, the word is an amalgam of the Greek prefix hypo-, meaning "under", and the verb krinein, meaning "to sift or decide". Thus the original meaning implied a deficiency in the ability to sift or decide. This deficiency, as it pertains to one's own beliefs and feelings, informs the word's contemporary meaning. [7]
The origin of the name "Hypoluxo" is disputed. One theory analyzed the name as composed of the Greek root "hypo-" (under, below average) and the Latin "lux" (light). [ 5 ] Hannibel Pierce settled on Hypoluxo Island with his family in 1873.
Meaning Origin language and etymology Example(s) dacry(o)-of or pertaining to tears: Greek δάκρυ, tear dacryoadenitis, dacryocystitis-dactyl(o)-of or pertaining to a finger, toe Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos), finger, toe dactylology, polydactyly: de-from, down, or away from Latin de-dehydrate, demonetize, demotion dent-
Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples -kary-nucleus: Greek: καρυον (karyon) Eukaryote, Prokaryote: kastan-brown: Greek: καφέ (kafé) Kastanophobia: kilo-thousand: Greek: χίλιοι (khílioi) kilobyte, kilogram, kilometer, kiloliter kine-, cine-movement, motion: Greek
Etymology. The word hypogene is derived from the Greek roots hypo- meaning 'under' and -gene (-γενής) meaning 'born' or 'produced'. The terms ...
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples pac-peace: Latin: pax, pacis: appease, Pacific, pacify, pay pach-[1]thick: Greek: παχύς (pakhús), πάχος, πάχεος (pákhos, pákheos)
Root Meaning in English Origin language Etymology (root origin) English examples hab-, -hib-, habit-, -hibit-have: Latin: habere "to have", habitus "habit", habitare "to live (reside)"
Many Latin-speaking theologians understood hypo-stasis as 'sub-stantia' ; thus when speaking of three hypostases in the Godhead, they may have suspected three substances or tritheism. However, after the mid-fifth-century Council of Chalcedon , the word came to be contrasted with ousia and was used to mean 'individual reality', especially in the ...