Etymology

mesofossil

M3E1S1O1F4O1S1S1I1L1

Today it means: A fossil of a small part of a plant, such as a fruit, leaf or seed. Full definition →

English fossil ← Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos) ← Proto-Hellenic *métsos
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*me
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-?
  3. Proto-Indo-European*médʰi
  4. Proto-Indo-European*médʰyos
  5. Proto-Hellenic*métsos
  6. Ancient Greekμέσος (mésos)
  7. Englishmeso-
  8. Englishfossil
  9. English todaymesofossil

From meso- + fossil.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.