English
prophylloid
prophyll + -oid
Formed from prophyll + -oid
Proto-Indo-European *pró ‘forwards, before’
Proto-Hellenic *pró
Ancient Greek πρό ‘before, in front of’
English prophyll
Today it means
adj Resembling a prophyll.
Sources
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Etymograph / prophylloid