Etymology

chytrid

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Today it means: Any fungus of the phylum Chytridiomycota. Full definition →

Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromχυτρίδιον“little pot”
  2. English todaychytrid

From Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον (khutrídion, “little pot”) adapted to the ending -id, from χύτρα (khútra, “earthen pot, pipkin”).

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