Tetra Definition
Forming compound words having the sense of "˜four'.
Other Word Forms of Tetra
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Origin of Tetra
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Short for New Latin Tetragōnopterīnī group name Late Latin tetragōnum tetragon tetragon Greek pteron wing
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Gr tetra- < base of tettares, tessares, four < IE base *kwetwer- > four
From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
From combining form of Ancient Greek τέτταρες (tettares), τέσσαρες (tessares, “four").
From Wiktionary
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From Translingual Tetragonopterus, an obsolete genus that included these fish.
From Wiktionary
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Greek kwetwer- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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