copro-

See also: copro, co-pro, and сорго

English

Etymology

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Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷr̥

Proto-Indo-European *ḱókʷ-ro-sder.

Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros)

English copro-

From Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros, “excrement”).

Prefix

copro-

1. Relating to excrement or dung.
   • 2022 March 2, Philippe Naughton, “A Guide to Ukraine’s Swear Words So You Can Follow the Viral Videos”, in The Daily Beast‎^[1]:

     Treatises have been written on the glories of Slavic swearing and the difference between Russian (genitalia-focused) and Ukrainian (more copro-centric) swear words.

2. (psychiatry) Relating to obscenity.

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with copro-

coproantibody

coproantigen

coprocoenosis

coproculture

coprodeum

coprodiagnosis

coprodiagnostic

copremesis

coprofauna

coprogenous

coprographia

coprolagnia

coprolalia

coprolalomania

coprolite

coprolith

coprology

copromania

copromicroscopic

copromicroscopical

copromicroscopy

copromycetophagous

copromycetophagy

copronecrophagous

coproma

coprosmia

coproparasite

coproparasitological

coproparasitoscopy

coprophage

coprophagic

coprophagous

coprophagy

coprophemia

coprophenomenon

coprophil

coprophile

coprophilia

coprophiliac

coprophilic

coprophilism

coprophilous

coprophobia

coprophrasia

coprophyte

coproporphyria

coproporphyrin

coproporphyrinogen

copropositive

copropositivity

copropraxia

coproprevalence

coproscopic

coproscopy

coprostanol

coprostatis

Anagrams

• Porco

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κόπρος (kópros, “excrement”).

Prefix

copro-

1. copro-

Derived terms

Italian terms prefixed with copro-

coprocoltura

coprofagia

coprofago

coprologia

coprostasi

Anagrams

• corpo, porco