The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκαρπός“fruit”
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀ-“not”
- Latin · derived fromachenium
- English todayachaenocarp
From Latin achenium, from Ancient Greek ἀ- (a-, “not”) + χαίνω (khaínō, “to gape”), + Ancient Greek καρπός (karpós, “fruit”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀ- all →
AfricaagnosticabioticatresiaabiogenesisaneroidachalasiaalexithymiaazoteabarognosisabiosisablepharonabrachiaabrachiocephaliaabranchiataacatalepsyacentricacerousacheneachilousachlamydateacholiaachromatizeAcœmitæacopicacrotismadermatoglyphiaadiaphoristsagnathagnatha
Ancient Greekκαρπός all →
carpus-carpcarpalecarpo-carpolite-carpousepicarpexocarpKarpos
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.