botrytis

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived from-ῖτις“pertaining to”
2. New Latin · derived from-itis
3. Ancient Greek · derived fromβότρυς“(bunch of) grapes”
4. translingual · borrowed fromBotrytis
5. English todaybotrytis

From translingual Botrytis. Blend of Ancient Greek βότρυς (bótrus) + -itis, from Ancient Greek βότρυς (bótrus, “(bunch of) grapes”) + -itis (“disease”) (from New Latin -itis, from Ancient Greek -ῖτις (-îtis, “pertaining to”)).

Words from the same roots