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Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 2 equal parts, hence "di-". Not sure why "-cot". "-Cot" has been suggested to originate from 'cotyledon,' the name for the embryo of a plant seed.
Meaning: 3/2 is divided into 2 equal parts, hence "di-". Not sure why "-cot". "-Cot" has been suggested to originate from 'cotyledon,' the name for the embryo of a plant seed.


Avella: well apparently someone decided that "cot" should refer to the fifth
Avella: it is arbitrary


=== [[Dimipent_family|Diminished and dimipent]] ===
=== [[Dimipent_family|Diminished and dimipent]] ===