Etymograph

English

edaphism

Edaphism comes from Ancient Greek ἔδαφος ‘ground’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔδαφος1‘ground’
  2. Englishtodayedaphism1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English edaphism

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔδαφοςWiktionary, English edaphism‘ground’
  2. EnglishtodayedaphismWiktionary, English edaphism

Formed from ἔδαφος ‘ground’ + -ism

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, method, session, chair, resident, settle, assess, nest, possess, siege, niche, saddle, exodus, reside, subsidy, residue, residual, nye, sediment, insidious, sedan, beset, prasad, cathode, soot, setter, sedentary, dissident, obsess, anode, sedative, presidio, sate, chaise, 96 more

Today it means

noun edaphology

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

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