lyo-
EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- ly- (before a vowel)
EtymologyEdit
Late 19th century, in terms like lyophilization (1894). From Ancient Greek λύω (lúō, “to loosen, to dissolve”), by analogy with -lysis, of same origin; from Proto-Indo-European *lewH- (English loose).
PrefixEdit
lyo-