Etymology

ampelopsis

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Today it means: A vine of the genus Ampelopsis Full definition →

taxonomic name Ampelopsis ← Ancient Greek ἄμπελος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἄμπελος“vine”
  2. taxonomic name · borrowed fromAmpelopsis
  3. English todayampelopsis

Borrowed from taxonomic name Ampelopsis, from Ancient Greek ἄμπελος (ámpelos, “vine”) + ὄψις (ópsis, “appearance”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekἄμπελος all →

ampelidaceousampelo-

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.