Etymograph

English

glycocalyx

From glyco- + calyx.

A compound of glyco- + calyx

Proto-Hellenic *dlukús

Ancient Greek γλυκύς ‘sweet’

English glyco-

Ancient Greek κάλυξ ‘case of a bud, husk’

Latin calyx

English calyx

Today it means

noun A filamentous coating of glycoprotein and polysaccharide on the surface of bacteria and some other cells.

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

Etymograph / glycocalyx