Helice

Morpheme

Helice

Type

bound base

Denotation

spiral, twist, winding

Etymology

Latin helicis and helicēs, from helix; Ancient Greek hélix; of unknown origin

Evidence

antihelicase, bihelical, contrahelicase, extrahelical, helical, helically, helicase, helices, helicicultural, heliciculture, helicidine, heliciform, helicin, helicine, helicis, helico-, helicocone, helicograph, helicoid, helicon, helicophagous, helicophagy, helicopter, helicospore, helicotrema, helicotremata, hemihelical, heptahelical, hexahelical, interhelical, intrahelical, isohelical, nonhelical, pseudohelical, quasihelical, superhelical, tetrahelical, trihelical

See Also

Helix