Etymograph

English

endodermis

Endodermis comes from English dermis ‘skin’, from Ancient Greek ἔνδον ‘things of the home, domestics, family matters’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm ‘inside’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁n̥dóm‘inside’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*éndonreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔνδονéndon‘things of the home, domestics, family matters’
  4. English1500–presentdermis‘skin’
  5. Englishtodayendodermis

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁n̥dóm‘inside’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*éndonreconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔνδονéndon‘things of the home, domestics, family matters’
  4. English1500–presentdermis‘skin’
  5. Englishtodayendodermis

A compound of endo- ‘within’ + dermis ‘skin’

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm ‘inside’

Proto-Hellenic *éndon

Ancient Greek ἔνδον ‘inner’

English endo-

Proto-Indo-European *der- ‘to tear, tear apart’

Proto-Hellenic *dérō

Ancient Greek δέρω ‘to skin, to flay’

Ancient Greek δέρμα ‘skin, hide’

New Latin dermis

English dermis

Linked words

through Ancient Greek ἔνδον ‘things of the home, domestics, family matters’

osmosis, 3 more

Today it means

noun In a plant stem or root, a cylinder of cells that separates the outer cortex from the central core. The endodermis controls flow of water and minerals within the plant. In most plants, this tissue is restricted to the roots.

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Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm / endodermis

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