The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχῶμα“heaped earth”
- English todaychomophyte
Ancient Greek χῶμα (khôma, “heaped earth”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχῶμα all →
choma
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
chomophyte
Today it means: Any plant that grows in rock fissures or crevices. Full definition →
Ancient Greek χῶμα