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anthraco-

anthraco- prefix: coal. Also the alternative form of anthra-.

Prefix

anthraco-

  1. Coal.
  2. Charcoal.

Also used as

anthraco- is also the alternative form of anthra-.

Forms of anthraco-

alternative before-vowelanthrac-

Origin of anthraco-

From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from New Latin anthracites, from Ancient Greek ἄνθραξ (ánthrax), whence also Latin anthrax, whence English anthrax (because the black eschars of that disease are named for their resemblance to coals). By surface analysis, anthrac- + -o-.

Questions about anthraco-

What does anthraco- mean?
Anthraco- means coal.
What part of speech is anthraco-?
Anthraco- is a prefix.

Words near anthraco- in the dictionary

  1. anthracitization
  2. anthracitous
  3. anthracnose
  4. anthracnoses
  5. anthracnosis
  6. anthraco-
  7. anthracobunid
  8. anthracobunids
  9. anthracoceratid
  10. anthracoceratids
  11. anthracocidal

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Adapted from Wiktionary: anthraco- (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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