The story
- Proto-Indo-European*sem-
- Proto-Indo-European*somHós
- Proto-Hellenic*homós
- Ancient Greekὁμός (homós)
- Englishhomo-
- Proto-Hellenic*plátʰyō
- Proto-Hellenic*plát͏̌t͏̌ō?
- Ancient Greekπλάσσω (plássō)
- Ancient Greekπλᾰ́σῐς (plắsĭs)
- English todayhomoplasy
Coined by British zoologist Ray Lankester in 1870, from homo- + -plasy, formed from Ancient Greek ὁμός (homós, “similar, alike, the same”) and πλάσσω (plássō, “to shape, to mold”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὁμός all →
homotopyhomologicalhomilitehomo-homoecioushomomorphoushomonomoushomopolar
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.