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- homo- (2)



[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.)




- also homo-erotic, 1916, from homo- (2) "homosexual" + erotic.
- homogamous (adj.)




- 1811, from homogamy + -ous.
- homogamy (n.)




- 1805, "condition of bearing flowers that do not differ sexually," from homo- (1) "same" + -gamy.
- homogeneity (n.)




- 1620s, from homogene (see homogeneous) + -ity.
- homogeneous (adj.)




- 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.)




- chiefly British English spelling of homogenize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Homogenised; homogenising.
- homogenization (n.)




- 1803 (from 1905 specifically of milk); see homogenize + -ation.
- homogenize (v.)




- "make similar," 1742, from homogenous + -ize. Sense of "render milk uniform in consistency" is from 1901. Related: Homogenized; homogenizing.
- homogenous (adj.)




- erroneous for homogeneous.
- homogeny (n.)




- 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.)




- 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.)




- 1680s, from Greek homoiousios "of the same essence," from homos "one and the same" (see homo- (1)) + ousia "essence" (see Parousia).
- homologize (v.)




- 1733, "to be homologous;" 1811, "to make homologous;" see homologous + -ize. Related: Homologized; homologizing.
- homologous (adj.)




- 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.)




- "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.)




- 1620s, from Latin homonymus, from Greek homonymos "having the same name" (see homonym). Homonymy "quality of being homonymous" is from 1590s.
- homophile (n.)




- 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.)




- by 1971, from homo- (2) "homosexual" + -phobia + -ic. Related: Homophobe; homophobia (which word is said to date from 1969).
- homophone (n.)




- "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.