English

endospore

From endo- + spore.

A compound of endo- + spore

Proto-Indo-European *h₁n̥dóm ‘inside’

Proto-Hellenic *éndon

Ancient Greek ἔνδον ‘inner’

English endo-

Proto-Indo-European *sper- ‘to scatter, strew’

Ancient Greek σπορά ‘seed’

New Latin spora

English spore

Today it means

noun The inner layer of a spore.

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

Etymograph / endospore