English

agropatch

From agro- + patch.

Formed from agro- + patch

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éǵros ‘field, pasturage’

Proto-Italic *agros ‘field’

Latin ager ‘field’

English agro-

Middle English patche ‘a cloth patch on a garment’

English patch

Today it means

noun A patch of Agrobacterium used in agroinfiltration

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / agropatch