The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀλήτης“wanderer, vagrant”
- English todayaletophyte
From Ancient Greek ἀλήτης (alḗtēs, “wanderer, vagrant”) + -phyte (“plant”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
aletophyte
Today it means: Any plant that grows by the wayside or where the natural vegetation has been disrupted. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἀλήτης