English
thigmo-
Thigmo- comes from Ancient Greek θῐγγᾰ́νω ‘to touch’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθῐγγᾰ́νωthĭngắnō‘to touch’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθῐ́γμᾰ
- Englishtodaythigmo-
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEθῐγγᾰ́νωthĭngắnō‘to touch’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEθῐ́γμᾰ
- Englishtodaythigmo-
Formed from θῐ́γμᾰ + -o-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- ‘to mold’
lady, figure, fiction, paradise, dairy, dough, faint, fictitious, dey, effigy, feint, feign, figment, 26 more
Today it means
prefix related to touching, usually a plant.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek θῐγγᾰ́νω / thigmo-