pericarp

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπερικάρπιον“pod, husk, shell”
2. New Latin · derived frompericarpium
3. French · borrowed frompéricarpe
4. English todaypericarp

From French péricarpe, from New Latin pericarpium, from Ancient Greek περικάρπιον (perikárpion, “pod, husk, shell”), from περι- (peri-, “around”) + καρπός (karpós, “fruit”). By surface analysis, peri- + -carp.