Where does “mycorrhiza” come from?

Mycorrhiza comes from Ancient Greek μύκης, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European mew-k-, a root of uncertain semantic development.

mycorrhiza (English): A symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and...

Definitions

  1. A symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and...

Ancestry of “mycorrhiza”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishmyco-fungus
2English‐o‐
3Latin‐o‐
4Ancient Greek-ό-

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