Where does “plagiotropism” come from?

plagiotropism (English) comes from English -trope, from Latin tropus, from Ancient Greek τρόπος, from Ancient Greek τροπή, from Ancient Greek -ή, from Ancient Greek -ᾱ, from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂.

plagiotropism (English): The growth of a plant at an orientation to the angle of a stimulus

Definitions

  1. The growth of a plant at an orientation to the angle of a stimulus

Ancestry of “plagiotropism”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1English-tropesomething that turns, affects, changes, responds,...
2Latintropusa figurative use of a word, a trope; a way of...
3Ancient Greekτρόποςa turn, way, manner, style; a trope or figure of...
4Ancient Greekτροπήa turning; turning away the enemy, a rout;...
5Ancient Greeksuffix of feminine nouns in the [[Appendix:Ancient Greek first declension
6Ancient Greek-ᾱnominal suffix
7Proto-Indo-European-éh₂
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -éh₂Every word from Ancient Greek Every word from Ancient Greek τροπή