Etymology of the English word pectinose
the English word
pectinosederived from the English word
pectinderived from the French word
pectinederived from the Greek word
pektos, πηκτός
derived from the Greek word
pegnunaiderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*pag-derived from the Late Greek word
pegnumi, πήγνυμι (to fix ('peg'); to set up (a tent))
using the Greek suffix
-ineusing the English suffix
-oseUsage
Word found in Modern English
