onko-

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See also: onko

Finnish

Etymology

Internationalism (see English onco-), ultimately from New Latin onco-.

Pronunciation

Prefix

onko-

  1. onco-

Derived terms

Anagrams

German

Prefix

onko-

  1. onco-

Derived terms

Hungarian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὄγκος (ónkos, lump, mass, bulk).

Pronunciation

Prefix

onko-

  1. onco- (pertaining to tumors)

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN