•plankton (generic term for all the organisms that float in the sea) · plankton (totality of individuals, institutions, and organizations that have little importance in a given sphere of social life)
köken: Derived from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”), from πλάζω (plázō, “I turn aside, wander”). Coined by German zoologist Victor Hensen in 1887.
köken: Borrowed from German Plankton, from Ancient Greek πλαγκτόν (planktón), neuter form of πλαγκτός (planktós, “wandering”), from πλάζω (plázō, “to turn aside, to wander”).
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köken: Borrowed from English plankton, from German Plankton, coined by Viktor Hensen and derived from Ancient Greek πλαγκτός (planktós, “drifter”), from πλάζω (plázō, “I turn aside, wander”).