English
coccosphere
Coccosphere comes from Ancient Greek κόκκος ‘a grain, seed’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόκκοςkókkos‘a grain, seed’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013coccosphere
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκόκκοςkókkos‘a grain, seed’
- Englishearliest quotation 2013coccosphere
Earliest quotation: 2013, Hans R. Thierstein, Jeremy R. Young: “Knappertsbusch et al. (1997) redefined the C. leptoporus morphotype…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek κόκκος ‘a grain, seed’
Today it means
noun A small rounded marine organism, capable of breaking up into coccoliths.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek κόκκος / coccosphere