【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: "the great river encompassing the whole earth"; hence, the "great Outward Sea" [as opposed to the "Inward" or Mediterranean]; the ocean
【相关词根词缀】Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water: ;abysso- (bottomless),Atlantic,batho-, bathy- (depth),bentho- (deep, depth),halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); ;mare, mari- (sea); ;necto-, nekto- (swimming); ;pelago- (sea, ocean); ;plankto- (drifting); ;thalasso- (sea, ocean). ,;Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "river, stream": ;amni-,fluvio-,meand-,potamo-,ripari-.
【同源单词】Arctic Ocean, Atlantic Ocean, bio-oceanography, Indian Ocean, ocean, ocean energy