The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσηκός“enclosure”
- English todaysecotioid
From translingual Secotium (“enclosed fruiting body”) + -oid, from 1840 by German zoologyist, entomologist, and botanist Gustav Kunze from Ancient Greek σηκός (sēkós, “enclosure”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσηκός all →
secotiaceous
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.