English
exocarp
Exocarp comes from Ancient Greek καρπός ‘fruit’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκαρπόςkarpós‘fruit’
- Englishtodayexocarp
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκαρπόςkarpós‘fruit’
- Englishtodayexocarp
Formed from exo + carp
Late Latin carpa ‘a carp (fish)’
Old French carpe ‘carp (fish)’
Middle English carpe ‘the common carp’
English carp
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *kerp- ‘pluck, harvest’
through Ancient Greek καρπός ‘fruit’
Today it means
noun The outermost layer of the pericarp of fruits; the skin or epicarp.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek καρπός / exocarp