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-dromous

  1. a combining form used to form adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -drome.


-dromous

combining form

  1. moving or running

    anadromous

    catadromous

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of -dromous1

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Word History and Origins

Origin of -dromous1

via New Latin from Greek -dromos, from dromos a running

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