Where does “meristemless” come from?
meristemless (English) comes from English meristem, from Ancient Greek μεριστός, from Ancient Greek μερίζω, from Ancient Greek -ίζω, from Proto-Hellenic -íďďō, from Proto-Indo-European -idyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
meristemless (English): That lacks a meristem
Definitions
- That lacks a meristem
Ancestry of “meristemless”, step by step
meristemless traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English meristem
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meristem | The plant tissue composed of totipotent cells... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μεριστός | divided |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μερίζω | to divide into parts |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ίζω | Used to form verbs from nouns, adjectives and... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | -íďďō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -idyéti | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |