'anemochory' originates from Greek, specifically the words 'anemos' meaning 'wind' and 'chorein' meaning 'to move or spread.'

'anemochory' was coined in modern scientific usage (via New Latin/modern botanical coinage) by combining Greek roots and was adopted into English as the technical term for wind dispersal.

Initially formed simply from elements meaning 'wind' + 'movement,' it came to have the specialized biological meaning 'dispersal of seeds or spores by wind.'