English
samaroid
From samara + -oid.
Formed from samara + -oid
Proto-Indo-European *semh₂- ‘warm season, summer’
Proto-Indo-European *sm̥h₂-ó-s
Proto-Celtic *samos ‘summer’
Latin samara ‘elm seed’
English samara
Today it means
adj Resembling a samara, or winged seed vessel.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “samaroid”. 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 / samaroid