Etymograph

English

homodromous

From homo- + -dromous.

A compound of homo- + -dromous

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

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

Proto-Hellenic *homós

Ancient Greek ὁμός ‘same’

English homo-

Today it means

adj Spiralling in the same direction; said of stems twining round a support, or of the spiral succession of leaves on stems and their branches.

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Etymograph / homodromous