myEtymology.com: English etymology of ligniform

Etymology of the English word ligniform

the English word ligniform

using the English suffix -form

derived from the Latin word forma (form; shape, likeness; form, likeness; shape, form; form, figure, appearance)

derived from the Greek word forma

using the English prefix ligni-

derived from the Latin word lignum (the Cross; staff, cudgel; wood thing, part, writing-tablet; wood; firewood; trunk)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leg- (to collect, to speak)