English

indehiscent

From in- + dehiscent.

A compound of in- + dehiscent

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in ‘into’

English in-

Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- ‘to gape, be wide open’

…

Latin hiō ‘to yawn, gape’

Latin hīscō ‘to yawn, gape’

Latin dehīscō ‘to divide, split open, gape’

Latin dehīscentem

Today it means

adj Not dehiscing when mature; not dehiscent.

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

Etymograph / indehiscent