Where does “criptogamă” come from?
criptogamă (Romanian) comes from French cryptogame, from French crypto-, from Ancient Greek κρυπτός, from Ancient Greek κρύπτω, from Proto-Indo-European krāu-.
criptogamă (Romanian): cryptogam
Definitions
- cryptogam
Ancestry of “criptogamă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | cryptogame | cryptogam |
| 2 | French | crypto- | crypto |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | κρυπτός | concealed, hidden, secret |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | κρύπτω | to hide, cover; to conceal, obscure |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | krāu- | — |