The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromμέσος“middle”
- English todaymesophloeum
From Ancient Greek μέσος (mésos, “middle”) + φλόος (phlóos, “bark”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekμέσος all →
Mesopotamiamesomesonmesicmesialmeso-mesocarpmesodiplosismesogastermesolemesologymesostichmesozeugmaomphalomesaraic
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.