English
goniocyst
Goniocyst comes from Ancient Greek κύστις ‘bladder’, from κῠ́ω ‘to conceive, become pregnant’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱewh₁-1‘to swell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱuh₁éyeti1reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκῠ́ω1kŭ́ō‘to conceive, become pregnant’uncertain
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύστις1kústis‘bladder’
- Late Latinmoderncystis1
- English1500–presentcyst1
- Englishtodaygoniocyst1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English goniocyst
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱewh₁-Wiktionary, English goniocyst‘to swell’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*ḱuh₁éyetiWiktionary, English goniocystreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκῠ́ωWiktionary, English goniocystkŭ́ō‘to conceive, become pregnant’uncertain
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκύστιςWiktionary, English goniocystkústis‘bladder’
- Late LatinmoderncystisWiktionary, English goniocyst
- English1500–presentcystWiktionary, English goniocyst
- EnglishtodaygoniocystWiktionary, English goniocyst
The story
Coined by J. Norman in 1871 in "Fuligines lichenosae eller Moriolei".
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- ‘to swell’
church, jail, cave, cage, kirk, cavity, hound, excavation, gaol, excavate, cumulus, cajole, caul, cavil, 41 more
through Ancient Greek κύστις ‘bladder’
Today it means
noun A lichen thallus containing clusters of algae embedded in an envelope of fungal hyphae.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “goniocyst”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *ḱewh₁- / goniocyst