The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφυλλώδης“leaflike”
- New Latin · borrowed fromphyllōdium
- English todayphyllodium
From New Latin phyllōdium, from Ancient Greek φυλλώδης (phullṓdēs, “leaflike”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφυλλώδης all →
phyllode
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.