Origin of carpo-
Modern Latin from Classical Greek karpos: see harvest fruit, seeds: carpologyOrigin of carpo-
< Gr karpos: see carpus carpal or carpus
Also, before a vowel, carp-
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carpo-
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Fruit: carpophore.
Origin of carpo-
Greek karpo- from karpos fruit ; see kerp- in Indo-European roots.THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Proper noun
Origin
From Ancient Greek Καρπω (Karpō, literally “Fruit”).
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