noun

archaeophyte

ar·chae·o·phyte

archaeophyte · archaeophytes

археофіт

археофит

Archäophyt

A plant which was introduced to an area by humans and became naturalized before 1500 C.EA plant which was introduced to an area by humans (or arrived naturally, but from an area in which it was present as a human introduction) and became naturalized before 1500 C.E. (but especially in prehistoric times).

UK/ɑːˈkiː.əˌfaɪt/US/ɑɹˈki.əˌfaɪt/

Meaning

1 senses

A plant which was introduced to an area by humans (or arrived naturally, but from an area in which it was present as a human introduction) and became naturalized before 1500 C.E. (but especially in prehistoric times).
Archäophyt
археофитarxeofit
археофітarxeofit

Translations

5 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

plant introduced to an area by humans (or arrived naturally, but from an area in which it was present as a human introduction) and became naturalized before 1500 C.E.:

Русский

By meaning 1

plant introduced to an area by humans (or arrived naturally, but from an area in which it was present as a human introduction) and became naturalized before 1500 C.E.:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

plant introduced to an area by humans (or arrived naturally, but from an area in which it was present as a human introduction) and became naturalized before 1500 C.E.:

Origin

From archaeo- (“ancient; early”) + -phyte (“a plant that grows in a specified habitat”). A

From archaeo- (“ancient; early”) + -phyte (“a plant that grows in a specified habitat”). Archaeo- is derived from Ancient Greek ἀρχαῖος (arkhaîos, “ancient, primeval”), from ᾰ̓ρχή (ărkhḗ, “beginning, origin”) (from ἄρχω (árkhō, “to begin; to command, rule”) + -ῐος (-ĭos, “suffix forming adjectives”); while -phyte is from Ancient Greek φῠτόν (phŭtón, “plant; tree”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “to arise, grow, spring up”) + -ον (-on, “suffix forming nouns”).

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