Where does “chomophyte” come from?

chomophyte (English) comes from Ancient Greek χῶμα, from Ancient Greek -μᾰ, from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ — Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs.

chomophyte (English): Any plant that grows in rock fissures or crevices

Definitions

  1. Any plant that grows in rock fissures or crevices

Ancestry of “chomophyte”, step by step

chomophyte traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Ancient Greek χῶμα

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekχῶμαheaped earth
2Ancient Greek-μᾰ"suffix forming a noun denoting the result of an...
3Proto-Indo-European-mn̥Creates action nouns or result nouns from verbs

via English phyte

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishphyte—

Words derived from “chomophyte”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European -mn̥ →Every word from Ancient Greek -μᾰ →Every word from Ancient Greek χῶμα →