The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἀγγεῖον“receptacle”
- English todayangiosperm
From Ancient Greek ἀγγεῖον (angeîon, “receptacle”) + σπέρμα (spérma, “seed”), equivalent to angio- + sperm.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekἀγγεῖον all →
angio-angiocarpianangiotomylymphangionmegasporangiumsynangium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.