-chore
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek χωρέω (khōréō, “I move, spread”).
Pronunciation
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- Homophones: core, corps; caw (non-rhotic accents with the horse-hoarse merger)
Suffix
-chore
- An organism that spreads by a specified agent, or in a specified manner.
Derived terms
- anemochore
- autochore
- barochore
- biochore
- bryochore
- dendrochore
- endozoochore
- hydrochore
- isochore
- kinetochore
- myrmecochore
- ornithochore
- poëchore
- xerochore