The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromφυτόν“plant”
- English todayphytotelma
From Ancient Greek φυτόν (phutón, “plant”) + τέλμα (télma, “pond”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekφυτόν all →
phytoplanktonphyton-phyte
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.