The story
- Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπᾰ́ροικος“dwelling beside”
- English todayparoecious
From Ancient Greek πᾰ́ροικος (pắroikos, “dwelling beside”) + English -ious. By surface analysis, par(a)- + -oecious.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
paroecious
Today it means: Having the male and female reproductive organs growing beside or near each other, as in certain cryptogams. Full definition →
Ancient Greek πᾰ́ροικος