Etymology of the English word protophloem
the English word
protophloemusing the English prefix
proto-derived from the Greek word
protos, πρῶτος (first; foremost (in time, place, order or importance))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*perderived from the English word
phloemderived from the German word
phloemderived from the Greek word
phloios, φλοιός, ϕλοιός
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bhleu-Usage
Word found in Modern English