Etymology

biostrome

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Today it means: A horizontally bedded stratum of fossilized remains of sedentary organisms Full definition →

Latin stroma ← Ancient Greek στρῶμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromστρῶμα“bed, mattress”
  2. Latin · derived fromstroma“coverlet”
  3. English todaybiostrome

bio- (“life”) + Latin stroma (“coverlet”), from Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed, mattress”).

Words from the same roots

Latinstroma all →

stroma

Ancient Greekστρῶμα all →

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