petro-

See also: petro and Petro

English

Etymology

• From Latin petra (“stone, rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”).
• Clipping of petroleum.

Prefix

petro-

1. stone
2. petroleum
3. (neologism) oil export, sometimes as a source of funding
4. (anatomy) petrous

Derived terms

• (of stone): petroform, petroglyph, petroleum
• (of petroleum-based products): petro-free, petrochemical, petroholic
• (of, or funded by, oil export): petrodollar, petro-superpower, petro-dictatorship, petrostate

Translations

stone

Irish: peitri- Portuguese: petro- Serbo-Croatian: Roman: petr-, petri-, petro-

petroleum

Irish: peitri- Portuguese: petro-

oil export

Portuguese: petro-

See also

• oleo-

Anagrams

• -trope, ptero-, Porte, Perot, trope, retop, repot, tepor, toper, opter

Dutch

Etymology

• From Latin petra (“stone, rock”), from Ancient Greek πέτρα (pétra, “stone, rock”).

Prefix

petro-

1. petro-

Dutch terms prefixed with petro-

petrodollar

petrologie

Italian

Prefix

petro-

1. petro- (all senses)

Anagrams

• porte, poter