apófisis
Spanish
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from New Latin apophysis, from Ancient Greek ἀπόφυσις (apóphusis, “offshoot”), from ἀπό (apó, “off, from”) + φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth”), from φύω (phúō, “to bring forth, to cause to grow”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]apófisis f (plural apófisis)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “apófisis”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10
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- Spanish terms borrowed from New Latin
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- Spanish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Spanish 4-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Spanish/ofisis
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