Etymology

acalymmate

A1C3A1L1Y4M3M3A1T1E1

Today it means: Forming clusters of pollen grains (usually tetrads or polyads) in which the sexines of the respective grains do not merge to form a continuous sheath. Full definition →

English calymmate ← Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-) ← Proto-Hellenic *ə-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Englishcalymmate
  7. English todayacalymmate

From a- + calymmate.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.