English

homeoplastic

From homeo- + plastic.

Proto-Indo-European *sem- ‘one, whole’

Proto-Indo-European *somHós ‘same, alike’

Proto-Hellenic *homós

Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same, common, joint’

Ancient Greek ὅμοιος ‘similar’

Ancient Greek πλάσσω ‘to mold’

Ancient Greek πλαστικός ‘fit for moulding’

Latin plasticus ‘of molding’

Today it means

adj Resembling the tissue from or in which the thing to which the term is applied is formed.

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

Etymograph / homeoplastic