The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὑστέρα“womb, figuratively the earth”
- New Latin · borrowed fromhysterophȳtum
- English todayhysterophyte
From New Latin hysterophȳtum, from Ancient Greek ὑστέρα (hustéra, “womb, figuratively the earth”) + φῡτόν (phūtón, “plant”). By surface analysis, hystero- + -phyte.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὑστέρα all →
hysterocleisis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.