Etymology

stroma

stro·ma
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Today it means: The tissue structure of an organ, etc., that serves to support it. Full definition →

Latin strōma ← Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma) ← Proto-Hellenic *strṓmə
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stroma · noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*stérh₃mn̥
  4. Proto-Hellenic*strṓmə
  5. Ancient Greekστρῶμα (strôma)
  6. Latinstrōma
  7. English todaystroma

From Latin strōma (“mattress, bed covering”), from Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma, “bed”), from στόρνυμι (stórnumi, “to stretch out”).

Stroma · proper noun2

From Old Norse.

Words from the same roots

Latinstrōma all →

biostrome

Ancient Greekστρῶμα all →

biostromeolistostromestromatology

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