Etymology

zooecium

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Today it means: One of the cells or tubes which enclose the feeding zooids of Bryozoa. Full definition →

New Latin zōoecium ← Ancient Greek ζῷον
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromζῷον“animal”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromzōoecium
  3. English todayzooecium

From New Latin zōoecium, from Ancient Greek ζῷον (zōîon, “animal”) + οἶκος (oîkos, “house”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekζῷον all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.