English
sterigma
Sterigma comes from Ancient Greek στήριγμα ‘support, foundation’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστήριγμαstḗrigma‘support, foundation’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009sterigma
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEστήριγμαstḗrigma‘support, foundation’
- Englishearliest quotation 2009sterigma
Earliest quotation: 2009, J.E. Eckenwalder, Conifers of the World: The Complete Reference: “These sterigmata are retained and make the twigs rough…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek στήριγμα
Today it means
noun A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek στήριγμα / sterigma