The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromκλειστός“closed, shut”
- English todayphysoclist
From physo- + Ancient Greek κλειστός (kleistós, “closed, shut”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekκλειστός all →
cleistocarpcleistogamouscleistogamycleistothecium
First known use, by meaning
- from 1885–90 A fish whose swim bladder is not open to its esophagus. .
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.