The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromπρᾰ́σῐνος“leak-green, light green”
- English todayprasinophyte
Ancient Greek πρᾰ́σῐνος (prắsĭnos, “leak-green, light green”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekπρᾰ́σῐνος all →
prasinous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.