Etymology

goniocyst

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Today it means: A lichen thallus containing clusters of algae embedded in an envelope of fungal hyphae. Full definition →

English cyst ← Late Latin cystis ← Ancient Greek κύστις (kústis)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵónu
  2. Proto-Hellenic*gónu
  3. Proto-Hellenic*gonwía
  4. Ancient Greekγωνίᾱ (gōníā)
  5. Englishgonio-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)kewH-?
  7. Proto-Indo-European*ḱewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*ḱuh₁éyeti
  9. Ancient Greekκῠ́ω (kŭ́ō)?
  10. Ancient Greekκύστις (kústis)
  11. Late Latincystis
  12. Englishcyst
  13. English todaygoniocyst

Coined by J. M. Norman in 1871 in "Fuligines lichenosae eller Moriolei". Bot. Notiser 1871: 9-20. From gonio- + cyst.

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