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Ancient Greek word root · Prefixes

homo-: same

homo- is an Ancient Greek root meaning “same”. Learn its variants and explore 1 connected words.

Meaning and variants

Meaning: same

Root forms: homo-, homeo-

Source word: ὁμός — same, common, joint

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