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Where does “ζυγωτός” come from?

ζυγωτός (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek ζυγόω, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.

ζυγωτός (Ancient Greek): yoked

Definitions

  1. yoked

Ancestry of “ζυγωτός”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekζυγόωto yoke, join together
2Ancient Greek-όωAdded to a noun or adjective to make a verb with...
3Proto-Indo-European-oyétiCreates factitive verbs from adjectives
4Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
6Chichewaiyehe, she

Words derived from “ζυγωτός”

  • zygote
  • monozygotic
  • heterozygote
  • dizygotic
  • homozygote
  • zygotic
  • postzygotic
  • prezygotic
  • homozygotic
  • heterozygotic
  • merozygote
  • transheterozygote
  • zygotically
  • planozygote
  • hemizygote
  • polyzygotic
  • zygotoblast
  • planozygotic
  • zygotal
  • zigoto
  • dizigotico
  • omozigotico
  • zigotico
  • eterozigote
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