Noun: theca
| Singular | theca |
| Plural | thecas; thecae |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like theca
palestra,
sarisa,
samara,
schola,
Banff Springs physa,
exumbrella,
bildungsroman,
turritella,
Sir David's long-beaked echidna,
comatula,
nanoantenna,
retinula,
pyrexia,
mesoamygdala,
planetary nebula,
saxicava,
Bildungsroman,
billboard antenna,
structural formula,
babesia, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁-
3. Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti
4. Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi)
5. Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē)bor.
6. Latin thēca
7. English theca
8. From New Latin, from Latin thēca, from Ancient Greek θήκη (thḗkē, “a case, box, receptacle”), from τίθημι (títhēmi, “put, set, place”). Doublet of tay. See: Latin Nouns '
thēca', Ancient Greek Nouns '
θήκη'.