isthmus
English
/ˈɪs.məs/
noun
Definitions
- A narrow strip of land, bordered on both sides by water, and connecting two larger landmasses.
- (anatomy) Any such narrow part connecting two larger structures.
- (graph theory) An edge in a graph whose deletion increases the number of connected components of the graph.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin isthmus derived from Ancient Greek ἰσθμός (neck).
Origin
Ancient Greek
ἰσθμός
Gloss
neck
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
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Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cervicoisthmic English
- isthmectomy English
- isthmian English
- isthmic English
- isthmitis English
- isthmoid English
- isthmusectomy English
- paristhmic English
- paristhmitis English
- transisthmian English
- transisthmic English
- isthmus Latin
- Isthmus German
- istmo Italian
- isthme French
- istmo Spanish, Castilian
- ἰσθμός Ancient Greek
- eid Norwegian Bokmål
- istmo Portuguese
- *aidiją Proto-Germanic
- *aidą Proto-Germanic
- eið Old Norse
- istme Catalan, Valencian
- eiði Icelandic
- eið Faroese
- eiði Faroese
- eþ Old Swedish