malako-

English

Alternative forms

• malaco- (before consonants)
• malac- (before vowels)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek μαλακός (malakós, “soft”), the word that French mollusque (“mollusk”), originally from Latin mollis (“soft”) was meant to be a calque of.

Prefix

malako-

1. Alternative form of malaco- (“mollusc”).

Derived terms

English terms prefixed with malako-

malakoplakia