The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπίβλημα“cover”
- English todayepiblema
From Ancient Greek ἐπίβλημα (epíblēma, “cover”); ἐπί (epí, “over, upon”) + βάλλω (bállō, “throw”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
epiblema
Today it means: The epidermal cells of rootlets, specially adapted to absorb liquids. Full definition →
Ancient Greek ἐπίβλημα