zó-
Irish
Alternative forms
- zói- (used before a slender consonant)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ζῷον (zôion, “animal”).
Prefix
zó-
- zoo-
- zó- + eolaíocht (“science”) → zó-eolaíocht (“zoology”)
- zó- + planctón (“plankton”) → zóplanctón (“zooplankton”)
- zó- + spór (“spore”) → zóspór (“zoospore”)
Derived terms
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “zó(i)-”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN