Etymology

xylostroma

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Today it means: The felted stroma of various wood-destroying fungi. Full definition →

English stroma ← Latin strōma ← Ancient Greek στρῶμα (strôma)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekξῠ́λον (xŭ́lon)
  2. Englishxylo-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ster-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sterh₃-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*stérh₃mn̥
  6. Proto-Hellenic*strṓmə
  7. Ancient Greekστρῶμα (strôma)
  8. Latinstrōma
  9. Englishstroma
  10. English todayxylostroma

From xylo- + stroma.

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