Word.ws English Dictionary

noto-

noto- prefix: south, southern.

Prefix (1)

noto-

  1. south, southern
  2. related to South America

Prefix (2)

noto-

  1. back

Origin of noto-

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νότος (nótos) "south".

Borrowed from Ancient Greek νῶτον (nôton) "back (part of body)".

Questions about noto-

What does noto- mean?
Noto- means south, southern.
What part of speech is noto-?
Noto- is a prefix.

Words near noto- in the dictionary

  1. NOTMAR
  2. notname
  3. notnames
  4. notness
  5. Noto
  6. noto-
  7. notobranchiate
  8. notochaeta
  9. notochaetae
  10. notocheirid
  11. notocheirids

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: noto- (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “noto-.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/noto-. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.