Morpheme
Plagi
Type
bound base
Denotation
oblique, sideways, slanting, slanted, aslant
Etymology
Ancient Greek plágios, from plágos + -ios
Evidence
plagio-, plagiocephalic, plagiocephaly, Plagiochila, plagioclase, plagioclimactic, plagioclimax, plagiogranite, plagiogravitropic, plagiogravitropism, plagioleucitite, Plagiomnium, plagiopatagium, plagiophototropic, Plagiorchis, plagiosaur, plagiostomy, plagiotropism, plagiotropic, Skrjabinoplagiorchis
Alternative Base Analysis
<Plagiorchi> denoting “Plagiorchis, parasitic flatworm”
alternative modern base analysis without suffixal constructions -iata, -iid, -iida, -iidae, -ioidea
from Plagiorchis (<Plagi + Orch + -is>), from Ancient Greek plágios, from plágos + -ios and Ancient Greek órkhis
Plagiorchiata, plagiorchiid, Plagiorchiida, Plagiorchiidae, plagiorchiids, Plagiorchioidea
