English

epiplastid

From epi- + plastid.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁épi ‘on’

Proto-Hellenic *epí

Ancient Greek ἐπί ‘on, upon’

English epi-

Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω ‘to plaster’

Ancient Greek πλαστός ‘formed’

German Plastid

Today it means

adj Describing the outermost membrane of a plastid

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

Etymograph / epiplastid