Where does “agamete” come from?

agamete (English) comes from English A, from English AND, from Middle English and, from Old English and, from Proto-Germanic andi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent- — on, onto.

agamete (English): A nonsexual gamete; a gamete involved in asexual...

Definitions

  1. A nonsexual gamete; a gamete involved in asexual...

Ancestry of “agamete”, step by step

agamete traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English A

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishAThe ordinal number first, derived from this...
2EnglishANDAlternative form of ∧, the conjunction operator;...
3Middle Englishandand, and then; however, yet, but, though. while;...
4Old Englishandand; even; also
5Proto-Germanicandiin addition, furthermore, and
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntiopposite; near; in front
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂éntsforehead; front
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂ent-face; forehead; front
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂en-on, onto

via English gamete

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishgameteA reproductive cell (sperm in males or eggs in females), having only half of a complete set of chromosomes
2Ancient Greekγαμετήwife
3Ancient GreekγαμέωI marry; I give myself in marriage; I get a...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanǵem-to marry

Words derived from “agamete

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂en-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂ent-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂énts