The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσωρός“heap”
- English todaysoredium
Latinate form from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσωρός all →
sorosilicatesorosissorus
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
soredium
Today it means: A common scalelike reproductive structure in lichens consisting of algal cells enveloped in a network of hyphae. Full definition →
Ancient Greek σωρός