Where does “cryptogamic” come from?

cryptogamic (English) comes from English cryptogam, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός, from Ancient Greek κρύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European krāu-.

cryptogamic (English): Of or pertaining to the cryptogams

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the cryptogams

Ancestry of “cryptogamic”, step by step

cryptogamic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English cryptogam

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishcryptogamAny plant that reproduces using spores (rather than seeds), formerly placed in the taxonomic group Cryptogamae, which included ferns, mosses, algae, fungi, lichens and liverworts
2Ancient Greekκρυπτόςconcealed, hidden, secret
3Ancient Greekκρύπτωto hide, cover; to conceal, obscure
4Proto-Indo-Europeankrāu-—

via English ic

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishicrelated or pertaining to; having the character of

Words derived from “cryptogamic”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European krāu- →Every word from Ancient Greek κρύπτω →Every word from Ancient Greek κρυπτός →
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