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
- A symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and...
Ancestry of “mycorrhiza”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | English | myco- | fungus |
| 2 | English | ‐o‐ | — |
| 3 | Latin | ‐o‐ | — |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ό- | — |
Words derived from “mycorrhiza”