Where does “ground tissue” come from?
ground tissue (English) comes from English tissue, from Middle English tissu, from Old French tissu, from Old French tistre, from Latin texere, from Proto-Italic teksō, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.
ground tissue (English): The basic supportive tissues in plants
Definitions
- The basic supportive tissues in plants
Ancestry of “ground tissue”, step by step
ground tissue traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tissue
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tissue | Thin, woven, gauze-like fabric; A fine... |
| 2 | Middle English | tissu | tissue silk fabric |
| 3 | Old French | tissu | — |
| 4 | Old French | tistre | Alternative form of tissir |
| 5 | Latin | texere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | teksō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | teḱ- | to sire, beget |
via English ground
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ground | The surface of the Earth, as opposed to the sky... |
| 2 | Middle English | ground | ground; Earth |
| 3 | Old English | grund | ground; bottom, foundation; abyss, depths |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | grunduz | ground, foundation |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰrem- | to be angry; to sound, bellow, growl, roar, be... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | gʰer- | to rub; to stroke; to grind |