English
edaphophyte
Edaphophyte comes from Ancient Greek ἔδαφος ‘ground’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔδαφοςédaphos‘ground’
- Englishtodayedaphophyte
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔδαφοςédaphos‘ground’
- Englishtodayedaphophyte
Formed from -phyte
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’
set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, session, chair, method, resident, settle, assess, nest, possess, siege, niche, saddle, exodus, reside, subsidy, residue, residual, nye, sediment, insidious, sedan, dissident, beset, prasad, soot, sedentary, obsess, cathode, anode, setter, sedative, chaise, presidio, sessile, 96 more
Today it means
noun any plant that grows with its roots in the soil and shoots in the air
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek ἔδαφος / edaphophyte