haplo-

Translingual

Alternative forms

• aplo-

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”).

Prefix

haplo-

1. Used to form taxonomic names; simple or single.

Derived terms

Translingual terms prefixed with haplo-

Haplochromis

Haplolejeunea

Haplolepis

Haplomitrium

Haplorchis

Haplopappus

Haplopoda

Haplospiza

Haplothrips

Haploviricotina

Haploblepharus

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *sem-

Proto-Indo-European *sm̥-

Proto-Hellenic *hə-

Ancient Greek ᾰ̔- (hă-)

Ancient Greek -πλόος (-plóos)

Ancient Greek ᾰ̔πλόος (hăplóos)der.

English haplo-

Combining form from Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos, “single, simple”).

Pronunciation

• (stress on first syllable; e.g., haplotype) IPA^(key): /ˈhæplə-/, /ˈhæploʊ-/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (stress on second syllable; e.g., haplology) IPA^(key): /hæpˈlɒ-/

• (stress on later syllable; e.g., haplodeficient) IPA^(key): /ˌhæplə-/, /ˌhæploʊ-/

Prefix

haplo-

2. (genetics) Haploid: having a single set of unpaired chromosomes.

   haplodepletion, haplodiploid, haplosis

4. Un-duplicating: where there was two identical copies, deleting the redundant copy. Analogy to haploid in genetics.

   haplography is misspelling a word by omitting a repeated letter (e.g. mispell) is the omission of a repeated syllable, haplology; a haplosegment is a segment of a millipede body that has half as many legs as the diplosegment parts of the body.

6. Simple.

   haploceratid, haplodont, haplostele

8. Single.

   haploscope, haploid, haplometrosis

10. (soil science) Haplic: soil that is typical of its kind.

    haploperox, haploxeralf, haploxeroll

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with haplo-

haploabnormal

haploabnormality

haploallele

haplargid

haploblock

haplochromin

haploclade

haplodeficiency

haplodeficient

haplodepletion

haplodiplobiontic

haplodiploid

haplodiplontic

haplogenotype

haplogenotypic

haplograph

haplography

haplogroup

haplometrosis

haplohumult

haplic

haploidentical

haploidentity

haploinsufficiency

haploinsufficient

haploinsufficiently

haplolethal

haplology

haplodont

haploid

haplome

haplon

haplont

haplosis

haploperox

haplophasic

haplophyte

haploproficiency

haploproficient

haploscope

haplosegment

haploselfing

haplosimilar

haplosimilarity

haplospecific

haplospore

haplostele

haplosufficiency

haplosufficient

haplotransplantation

haplotype

haplotypically

haploweb

haploxeralf

haploxeroll

haplostephanous

• haploandesitic
• haplocheirus
• haplochromine
• haplochromis
• haplocoelopsis
• haplogranitic
• haplophase
• haplotephritic

terms derived from haploid

• haploabnormal
• haploallele
• haploblock
• haplodepletion
• haplodiploid
• haplodiplontic
• haplogenotype
• haploid
• haplolethal
• haplophasic
• haplophyte
• haploselfing
• haplosis
• haplotransplantation

terms derived from halving

• haplograph
• haplography
• haplology
• haplosegment

terms derived from simple

• haploceratid
• haplodont
• haplon
• haplostele

terms derived from single

• haploid
• haplometrosis
• haploscope

terms derived from haplic

• haploperox
• haploxeralf
• haploxeroll

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: haplo-
• Italian: aplo- (it)
• Polish: haplo- (pl)
• Portuguese: haplo-
• Russian: гапло- (gaplo-)
• Spanish: haplo-
• Swedish: haplo-

Anagrams

• HOLAP

Polish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἁπλόος (haplóos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xa.plɔ/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aplɔ
• Syllabification: ha‧plo-

Prefix

haplo-

1. haplo-

   ‎haplo- + ‎faza → ‎haplofaza

Derived terms

Category Polish terms prefixed with haplo- not found

Further reading

• “haplo-”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)