English

procambium

From pro- + cambium.

Proto-Indo-European *pér ‘through’

Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’

Proto-Italic *prō ‘in front of, before’

Latin prō ‘in favor of, on behalf of’

English pro-

Proto-Celtic *kambos ‘twisted, crooked’

Gaulish cambion ‘bent, crooked’

Late Latin cambium ‘a change’

Today it means

noun A meristem that lies just inside the protoderm and develops into primary xylem and primary phloem

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

Etymograph / procambium