Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os
Proto-Hellenic *d͏̌ōwós
Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?
Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)
Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on)
Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der.
English zoo-
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Proto-Hellenic *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Latin -oīdēslbor.
English -oid
English zooid
From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “animal”).
Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *gʷyéh₃-w-os
Proto-Hellenic *d͏̌ōwós
Ancient Greek ζωός (zōós)
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Ancient Greek -ῐος (-ĭos)?
Ancient Greek -ῐον (-ĭon)
Ancient Greek ζώῐ̈ον (zṓĭ̈on)
Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon)der.
English zoo-
Ancient Greek -ο- (-o-)der.
Latin -o-
Proto-Indo-European *weyd-
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *wéydos
Proto-Hellenic *wéidos
Ancient Greek εἶδος (eîdos)
Proto-Indo-European *-os
Proto-Indo-European *-ēs
Proto-Hellenic *-ēs
Ancient Greek -ης (-ēs)
Ancient Greek -ειδής (-eidḗs)
Latin -oīdēslbor.
English -oid
English zooid
From zoo- + -oid. Compare Ancient Greek ζῴδιον (zōídion, “animal”).
Meanings
An organic body or cell having locomotion, as a spermatic cell or spermatozoid.
An animal in one of its inferior or early stages of development, as one of the intermediate forms in alternate generation.
One of the individual animals in a composite group, as of Anthozoa, Hydrozoa, and Bryozoa; — sometimes restricted to those individuals in which the mouth and digestive organs are not developed.