English
sporangium
Sporangium comes from Late Latin sporangium.
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEsporangium
- Englishearliest quotation 1993same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEsporangium
- Englishearliest quotation 1993same form
Earliest quotation: 1993, Sally Stenhouse Kneidel: “Scientific explanations include that exposure to light, lack of…”
Every English word from Late Latin sporangium
Today it means
noun A case, capsule, or container in which spores are produced by an organism.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Late Latin sporangium / sporangium