The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἑλώδης“marshy”
- translingual · derived fromElodea
- English todayelodeid
From translingual Elodea, from Ancient Greek ἑλώδης (helṓdēs, “marshy”), from ἕλος (hélos, “marsh”)
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
elodeid
Today it means: A stem plant that completes its entire life cycle submerged, or with only its flowers above the waterline. Full definition →
translingual Elodea ← Ancient Greek ἑλώδης