Moss Spelling Dictionary

antoseros: the name with nothing Greek left in it

heard as antoseros

spelled anthoceros

Two spellings have gone: the th and the c. It is Anthoceros.

What the ear did

This is what the word looks like when it is written purely from sound. Greek theta gives the th of anthos, exactly as in anthology and chrysanthemum, and Greek kappa gives the c that English then says as s.

Sound decision: two sound decisions at once. Said an-THOSS-er-oss.

A-N-T-H-O-C-E-R-O-S

The full entry for anthoceros covers the name itself.

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