Etymograph

English

hygroreceptor

From hygro- + receptor.

Formed from hygro- + receptor

Proto-Indo-European *wegʷ- ‘wet, moist’

Proto-Hellenic *ugrós

Ancient Greek ὑγρός ‘wet”, “moist’

English hygro-

Middle English receptour ‘a shelterer of criminals’

English receptor

Today it means

noun A structure, in many insects, that detects changes in the moisture content of the environment

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