epiphyte

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromἐπιφύτον“one [plant] that grows upon another plant”
2. English todayepiphyte

From Ancient Greek ἐπιφύτον (epiphúton, “one [plant] that grows upon another plant”), from ἐπί (epí, “on top of”) + φυτόν (phutón, “plant”), via epi- (“above, over”) + -phyte (“plant”).