homo- (2)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[homo- 词源字典]
word-forming element meaning "homosexual," abstracted since early 20c. from homosexual, and ultimately identical to homo- (1).[homo- etymology, homo- origin, 英语词源]
homoerotic (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
also homo-erotic, 1916, from homo- (2) "homosexual" + erotic.
homogamous (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1811, from homogamy + -ous.
homogamy (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1805, "condition of bearing flowers that do not differ sexually," from homo- (1) "same" + -gamy.
homogeneity (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1620s, from homogene (see homogeneous) + -ity.
homogeneous (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1640s, from Medieval Latin homogeneus, from Greek homogenes "of the same kind," from homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + genos "kind, gender, race, stock" (see genus). Earlier in this sense was homogeneal (c. 1600).
homogenise (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
chiefly British English spelling of homogenize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Homogenised; homogenising.
homogenization (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1803 (from 1905 specifically of milk); see homogenize + -ation.
homogenize (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"make similar," 1742, from homogenous + -ize. Sense of "render milk uniform in consistency" is from 1901. Related: Homogenized; homogenizing.
homogenous (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
erroneous for homogeneous.
homogeny (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1620s, "uniformity of nature;" by 1856 in biological sense, from Greek homogeneia "community of origin," from homogene "of the same race or kind" (see homogeneous).
homograph (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1810, a method of signaling, from homo- (1) "same" + -graph "something written." Meaning "a word of identical spelling with another, but of different origin and meaning, is from 1873. Related: Homographic; homography.
homoiousian (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1680s, from Greek homoiousios "of the same essence," from homos "one and the same" (see homo- (1)) + ousia "essence" (see Parousia).
homologize (v.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1733, "to be homologous;" 1811, "to make homologous;" see homologous + -ize. Related: Homologized; homologizing.
homologous (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1650s, from Greek homologos "agreeing, of one mind," from homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + logos "relation, reasoning, computation," related to legein "reckon, select, speak" (see lecture (n.)).
homonym (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"a word spelled and pronounced the same as another but different in meaning," 1807, from French homonyme and directly from Latin homonymum (Quintilian), from Greek homonymon, neuter of homonymos, from homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + onyma, dialectal form of onoma "name" (see name (n.)).
homonymous (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1620s, from Latin homonymus, from Greek homonymos "having the same name" (see homonym). Homonymy "quality of being homonymous" is from 1590s.
homophile (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
1960, from homo- (2) "homosexual" + -phile. An attempt to coin a word for a homosexual person as part of a social group, rather than a sexual deviant.
homophobic (adj.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
by 1971, from homo- (2) "homosexual" + -phobia + -ic. Related: Homophobe; homophobia (which word is said to date from 1969).
homophone (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict
"a word pronounced the same as another (whether spelled the same or not) but different in meaning," 1843, from the adjective homophone (1620s), from Greek homos "same" (see homo- (1)) + phone "sound," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). Related: Homophonic.