The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχαμαί“on the ground”
- Danish · derived fromkamæfyt
- English todaychamaephyte
From Danish kamæfyt, chamæfyt, equivalent to chamae- (“ground”) + -phyte (“plant”) (first element from Ancient Greek χαμαί (khamaí, “on the ground”)).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχαμαί all →
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.