Where does “plastid” come from?

plastid (German) comes from Ancient Greek πλαστός, from Ancient Greek -τός, from Proto-Indo-European -tós — Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems.

Ancestry of “plastid”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Ancient Greek	πλαστός	molded, formed; formed, moulded; artificial;...
2	Ancient Greek	-τός	creates verbal adjectives of possibility, either...
3	Proto-Indo-European	-tós	Creates verbal adjectives from verb stems

Words derived from “plastid”

plastid
plastidic
plastidial
transplastomic
plastidule
proplastid
plastome
extraplastidic
plastidome
protoplastid
chromoplastid
plastomic
leucoplastid
Archaeplastida

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