histo-

1. a combining form meaning “tissue,” used in the formation of compound words:

   histology.

histo-

combining_form

1. indicating animal or plant tissue

   histology

   histamine

Word History and Origins

Origin of histo-¹

< Greek, combining form of histós web (of a loom), tissue

Word History and Origins

Origin of histo-¹

from Greek, from histos web

Example Sentences

Buffalo Bills, tying most in team histo Week 8: Redskins vs.

From Washington Post

Buffalo Bills, tying most in team histo Week 8: Redskins vs.

From Washington Post

Styron calls The Confessions of Nat Turner not a historical novel but a "meditation on histo ry."

From Time Magazine Archive

Histo, circa 100, famed Indian army scout who led in the capture of the Modoc Indian renegade, Captain Jack; of old age; in Warm Springs Reservation, Ore. The best-paid man in the radio business is Major Edward Bowes, unctuous dominie of Chrysler's Original Amateur Hour each Thursday night at 9 over CBS.

From Time Magazine Archive

You leave the histo'y books alone foah awhile," Catriona commanded, "and practice.

From Project Gutenberg