English
epiphytotic
By surface analysis, epi- + phyt(o)- + -otic.
Equivalent to epi- + phyto- + -otic
Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to be, become, grow, appear’
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Proto-Hellenic *pʰúyō
Ancient Greek φῠ́ω ‘to bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow’
Ancient Greek φῠτός ‘natural’
Ancient Greek φῠτόν ‘plant’
English phyto-
Today it means
noun A widespread outbreak of a plant disease.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / epiphytotic