Etymology

sporidium

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Today it means: A secondary spore borne on a promycelium, or a filament produced from a spore, in certain kinds of minute fungi. Full definition →

New Latin sporidium ← Ancient Greek σπορά
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromσπορά“seed”
  2. New Latin · derived fromsporidium
  3. English todaysporidium

From New Latin sporidium, from Ancient Greek σπορά (sporá, “seed”) + -idium.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekσπορά all →

spore

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