Etymograph

English

hypothallus

From hypo- + thallus.

Formed from hypo- + thallus

Proto-Indo-European *upó ‘under, below’

Ancient Greek ὑπό ‘under’

English hypo-

Proto-Indo-European *dʰelh₁- ‘to bloom’

Ancient Greek θαλλός ‘young shoot, twig’

English thallus

Today it means

noun The outgrowth of hyphae from under the margin of the thallus of a crustose lichen, connecting the island-like areoles into a single lichen.

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Etymograph / hypothallus