electro-
English
prefix
Definitions
- electricity or electrical
- (music) electronic and/or incorporating elements of electro(-funk)
Etymology
Derived from Latin electrum (amber) derived from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (amber, alloy of gold and silver, gold-silver alloy).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἤλεκτρον
Gloss
amber, alloy of gold and silver, gold-silver alloy
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -scope English
- electrode English
- electrolysis English
- electron English
- tele- English
- telelectroscope English
- electrum Latin
- ēlectrum Latin
- elektro- Hungarian
- elektromos Hungarian
- электро́ника Russian
- электроскоп Russian
- ἠλέκτρινος Ancient Greek
- ἤλεκτρον Ancient Greek
- Ἠλέκτρα Ancient Greek
- elektro- Norwegian Bokmål
- elektro- Norwegian Nynorsk
- Éileictre Irish
- elektro- Czech
- electro- Catalan, Valencian
- ήλεκτρο Greek (modern)
- ēlectricus la-new