Where does “xyloma” come from?

xyloma (English) comes from English oma, from Tibetan འོ་མ, from Tibetan མ, from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma — no, not, negative, not have, none.

xyloma (English): A tumour on the woody part of a plant

Definitions

  1. A tumour on the woody part of a plant

Ancestry of “xyloma”, step by step

xyloma traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English oma

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishomagrandmother, grandma
2Tibetanའོ་མmilk
3Tibetanམmother; goddess; negates the following verb in...
4Proto-Sino-Tibetanmano, not, negative, not have, none

via English xylo

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishxyloxylophone
Every word from Proto-Sino-Tibetan ma →Every word from Tibetan མ →Every word from Tibetan འོ་མ →