The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromψάμμος“sand”
- German · borrowed fromPsammophyt
- English todaypsammophyte
From German Psammophyt, containing Ancient Greek ψάμμος (psámmos, “sand”). By surface analysis, psammo- + -phyte.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekψάμμος all →
psammitepsammo-
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.