English

epibasidium

From epi- + basidium.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘step’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis ‘step, act of walking’

Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis ‘step’

Ancient Greek βάσις ‘base’

Today it means

noun A long and usually tapered outgrowth at the top of a basidium, bearing basidiospores.

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

Etymograph / epibasidium