The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromχυτρίδιον“little pot”
- English todaychytridiomycosis
From chytridio- + mycosis, from Ancient Greek χυτρίδιον (khutrídion, “little pot”), and μύκης (múkēs, “mushroom”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekχυτρίδιον all →
chytrid
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.