Etymology

mesohyl

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Today it means: The gelatinous matrix within a sponge, filling the space between the external pinacoderm and the internal choanoderm. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ὕλη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὕλη“wood, timber, matter”
  2. English todaymesohyl

From meso- (“middle”) + Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē, “wood, timber, matter”) (whence English hyle).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekὕλη all →

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