The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσωρός“heap”
- New Latin · borrowed fromsōrus
- English todaysorus
From New Latin sōrus, from Ancient Greek σωρός (sōrós, “heap”).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσωρός all →
sorediumsorosilicatesorosis
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.