thalasso-youdaoicibaDictYouDict[thalasso- 词源字典]
before vowels thalass-, word-forming element meaning "sea, the sea," from comb. form of Greek thalassa "the sea" (in Homer, when used of a particular sea, "the Mediterranean," as opposed to okeanos), a word from a lost pre-Greek Mediterranean language. In Attic Greek thalatta, hence sometimes thalatto-.[thalasso- etymology, thalasso- origin, 英语词源]